Advantage

Advantage

Bayer is no stranger to the public, mainly due to its leading role in the healthcare, nutrition, and high-tech industry for over 150 years. Founded in 1863, Bayer holds on to the mission “Science for a better life”, by contributing to finding solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time. As such, many years after the first production of aspirin, the Bayer Group, through their Animal Health division, has launched Advantage. Fast-forward to today, and Advantage is one of the leading brands in flea and tick topical treatments.

Advantage is an ectoparasiticide that kills fleas and ticks through contact once it’s applied to your dog or cat’s skin. It offers not only a line of spot-on treatments but also pet sprays and shampoos, as well as carpet, upholstery, and outdoor sprays. Unlike oral preventives, which release the active ingredients into the bloodstream, the nonsystemic protection of Advantage kills fleas and ticks through contact. This means that these ectoparasites don’t even have to bite your dog to be exposed to the medication and die since the active ingredient imidacloprid remains in the lipid layer of your pet’s skin and fur. As your dog or cat naturally sheds their dead skin and fur, imidacloprid is also shed into the environment. With imidacloprid, larvae are killed within 20 minutes of contact, thus breaking the flea lifecycle. 

Their catalog includes Advantage cat and Advantage dog, and each Advantage product varies according to your pet’s weight and size. As such, when it comes to Advantage products for dogs, Advantage 40 is used in dogs weighing less than 4 kg, Advantage 100 is used in dogs weighing 4-10 kg, Advantage 250 is used in dogs weighing 10-25 kg, and Advantage 400 for dogs is used in dogs weighing 25-40 kg. When it comes to their product line for cats, the portfolio includes Advantage 40 for cats weighing up to 4 kg and Advantage 80 for cats weighing 4 kg or more.

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