Virbac has announced the launch of Effipro Duo Spot-on solution for cats and dogs, a POM-V product offering protection against ticks and fleas and from household flea infestations. Virbac has announced the launch of Effipro Duo Spot-on solution for cats and dogs, a POM-V product offering protection against ticks and fleas and from household flea infestations.   

Effipro Duo contains fipronil to kill adult fleas and ticks, and pyriproxyfen, an insect growth regulator, to sterilise adult fleas and inhibit the immature life stages. It provides three months protection against flea life cycle completion. 

The product is presented in Effipro’s patented ‘drop-lock’ pipette, designed to ensure that the solution is released only when the owner is ready.

Effipro Duo is offered in packs of 4 pipettes and in a 24-pipette dispensing pack to suit practices offering health plans.

Product Manager Kate Woolley MRCVS said: "Because Effipro Duo targets not just the adult fleas on the pet but also the key developmental stages in the flea life cycle often found in the home, it represents an integrated and easy-to-use solution, both for on-animal flea and tick control and for long-lasting protection of the home environment.

"Household flea infestations are common all year round and experts agree that the combination of an adulticide and an insect growth regulator is the most effective way for owners to protect their homes from this unpleasant problem¹.  For complete flea control in the home, we recommend that it is used in conjunction with Indorex®, the UK’s no. 1 household flea spray².

"Virbac offers one of the most extensive parasiticide ranges on the market and we believe Effipro Duo will provide a popular addition, offering owners long-lasting protection from fleas and ticks for their cats and dogs, while helping practices to retain vital parasite control sales in-house."

References

  1. European Scientific Counsel for Companion Animal Parasites (ESCCAP). Control of ectoparasites in dogs and cats. ESCCAP Guideline 03, 2nd ed. June 2012
  2. GfK data – May2016

PS: Whilst you're here, take a moment to see our latest job opportunities for vets.