%0 Journal Article
%T Assessment of dog owner adherence to veterinarians¡¯ flea and tick prevention recommendations in the United States using a cross-sectional survey
%A Dongmu Zhang
%A Dorothy Normile
%A Kaan Tunceli
%A Rob Armstrong
%A Robert P. Lavan
%J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors".
%D 2017
%R 10.1186/s13071-017-2217-2
%X Adherence to a prescribed therapeutic regimen is a critical factor for achieving medication effectiveness and therefore treatment success. In the case of companion animal ectoparasite control, suboptimal owner adherence to medication recommendations is thought to be a common cause of treatment failure, and previous reports have found pet owners applying an average of 4.0¨C4.6 monthly flea and tick treatments per year to their dogs. This study investigated: US veterinary hospital self-reported flea and tick prevention recommendations; dog owner recollection of these recommendations; dog owner opinion on flea/tick recommendations and estimated owner flea and tick medication adherence based on veterinary hospital purchase records
%K Compliance
%K Adherence
%K Flea
%K Tick
%K Dog
%K Fluralaner
%K Ectoparasites
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460448/