Efficacy of Fluralaner for Demodecosis

Demodicosis in dogs is a disease that is quite difficult to treat. To cure demodicosis requires a long time and intensive treatment that often frustrates dog owners. Until recently, the most commonly used treatment for demodicosis in many countries is using amitraz or a combination of imidacloprid and moxidectin. The drugs available for the treatment of demodicosis such as amitraz, ivermectin, milbemycin oxime, and moxidectin are generally given several times for a period of three months or more. To be effective, the treatment requires the owner's compliance with the medication. If a dog owner stops treatment prematurely, this is the cause of treatment failure.

Conventional medicine often appears to be working, but it relies heavily on highly toxic treatment methods. The use of natural remedies for treating demodicosis can boost the dog's immune system so that the body itself can fight the causes of the disease.

Isoxazoline is a new class of antiectoparasites. Included in this group are sarolaner and fluralaner. The advantages of using drugs classified as isoxazoline are that they are very easy to use and they can reach the entire body. The use of fluralaner in a single dose given orally is very effective for the treatment of generalized demodicosis in dogs. After a single oral dose of fluralaner is very easily absorbed so that the volume distributed throughout the body is relatively high. Fluralaner also has a long elimination time so that its activity in the dog can last a long time. The use of fluralaner in dogs is very safe, even use at doses five times the recommended therapeutic dose is also proven safe. In addition, fluralaner is also safe for use in pregnant and lactating animals.

The efficacy of fluralaner for treating demodicosis was reported by Erawan et al. (2019). Treatment with fluralaner in dogs suffering from demodicosis has shown success. At week 5 after being treated, the case's skin had no lesions at all, the hair grew well, the hair looked healthy and thick.