Strategic environmental management, insecticides and repellents, cleanliness of surgical instruments and changing of needles between animals must be in place to minimize disease transmission. OTC administered every 28 days beginning at the start of vector season and ending 60 days after the end of vector season will prevent clinical anaplasmosis. This would insure each animal received the proper amount of drug, but would be highly labor intensive. It is necessary that individual needles be used for each animal. It is imperative that consumption levels are monitored.
Effectiveness is dependent on proper intake.
It may be necessary to maintain continuous year around feeding of CTC dependent on geographic location, carrier exposure, and vector exposure. Your veterinarian should definitively diagnosis the disease and provide you with additional information to assist in treatment and prevention. Insure that animals have easy access to medication. Keep all medicated feed, salt-mineral mixes, and blocks out of direct sunlight and rain. The development of an efficacious anaplasmosis vaccine will prove to be of extreme economic benefit.