The ability of an oral combination of afoxolaner, moxidectin and pyrantel to protect dogs from Borrelia burgdorferi infections transmitted by Ixodes scapularis
The results of these studies indicate that NexGard<sup>®</sup> Plus administered at a dose close to the minimum recommended dose of 2.5 mg/kg afoxolaner is effective 28 days after a single treatment in the prevention of B. burgdorferi transmission from naturally infected I. scapularis ticks to dogs.
Authors
- Joseph B. Prullage
- Utami DiCosty
- Manyun Liu
- Pascal Dumont
- Arathy Nair
- Ricarda Süssenberger
Institutions
- Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany) (DE)
- University of Georgia (US)
- Boehringer Ingelheim (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Parasites & Vectors
- Published
- 2025-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-06753-8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.05
Funders
- Boehringer Ingelheim