Tick icon overlaid with the text ticks a growing threat

TICKS

A GROWING THREAT

Three dog icons in a row, two light blue in colour, one dark blue in colour.
1 IN 3 DOGS
IN THE UK CARRY TICKS6
Close up of a thumbnail showing the size of an adult female and adult male tick, the nymph and larva Close up of a thumbnail showing the size of an adult female and adult male tick, the nymph and larva
Close up the eye of a dog with Lyme disease
1 in 50 ticks
throughout the UK carry Lyme
disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)7
Beware of ticks warning triangle
Arrow style bullet point Babesiosis (vector Dermacentor
reticulatus) has been diagnosed in
untravelled dogs in the UK8,9

How afoxolaner protects against ticks†

NexGard Spectra is effective
against several different
tick
species, including Ixodes
ricinus, which accounts for
almost 9 out of
10 ticks found
on dogs in the UK:6

Afoxolaner kills ticks quickly:

Existing ticks killed within

12 Hours10

New ticks killed within

24 Hours10

Afoxolaner has a long-lasting effect:
Arrow style bullet point Prevents tick re-infestations for a month:11
A bar chart showing the percentage efficacy of afoxolaner against ixodes ricinus at zero days (100%), 7 days (100%), 14 days (100%), 21 days (100%) and 28 days (99.6%). A bar chart showing the percentage efficacy of afoxolaner against ixodes ricinus at zero days (100%), 7 days (100%), 14 days (100%), 21 days (100%) and 28 days (99.6%).
Do It Right, Do It Monthly blue circular interruptor and the words Fleas, Ticks, Lungworm, Roundworm around the edge of the circle.
† Data from NexGard® studies
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*Worm control guidelines advise that monthly treatment minimises the risk of patent infections with Toxocara spp, and that prevention of angiostrongylosis
can be achieved with monthly administration of macrocyclic lactones (Worm Control in Dogs and Cats, ESCCAP Guideline 01 Third Edition – July 2017).

6. Abdullah S, Helps C, Tasker S, Newbury H, Wall R. Ticks infesting domestic dogs in the UK: a large-scale surveillance programme. Parasit Vectors 2016;9:391.
7. Abdullah S, Helps C, Tasker S, Newbury H, Wall R. Prevalence and distribution of Borrelia and Babesia species in ticks feeding on dogs in the U.K. Med. Vet Entomol 2018;32:14–22.
8. Swainsbury C, Bengtson G, Hill P. Babesiosis in dogs. Vet Rec 2016;178:172.
9. Phipps LP, Del Mar Fernandez De Marco M, Hernandez-Triana LM, Johnson N, Swainsbury C, Medlock JM, Hansford K, Mitchell S. Babesia canis detected in dogs and associated ticks from Essex. Vet Rec 2016;178:243–244.
10. Halos L, Lebon W, Chalvet-Monfray K, Larsen D, Beugnet F. Immediate efficacy and persistent speed of kill of a novel oral formulation of afoxolaner (NexGardTM) against induced infestations with Ixodes ricinus ticks. Parasit Vectors 2014;7:452.
11. Dumont P, Blair J, Fourie JJ, Chester TS, Larsen DL. Evaluation of the efficacy of afoxolaner against two European dog tick species: Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus. Vet Parasitol 2014;201:216–219.

NexGard Spectra contains afoxolaner and milbemycin oxime. UK: POM-V IE: POM. Further information available in the SPC or from Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, RG12 8YS, UK.
UK Tel: 01344 746959 (sales) or 01344 746957 (technical), IE Tel: 01 291 3985 (all queries). Email: vetenquiries@boehringer-ingelheim.com. NexGard Spectra is a registered trademark of the Boehringer Ingelheim Group.
©2019 Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Ltd.
All rights reserved. Date of preparation: October 2019. AHD12868. Use Medicines Responsibly.