What happens if a pet grooms another animal, or itself, following Advocate application? What are possible side effects?
If applied as directed to cats and smaller dogs accidental oral ingestion will be difficult to achieve. In larger dogs where more than one application site is used, it is potentially the case that the dog could lick at the sites further down the back. However as discussed below this is not necessarily a serious problem. It should only take an hour or so for the product to be absorbed but it may be prudent, especially with collie-type dogs, to keep them separate for approximately 12 hours (e.g. over night) as a precaution. Oral single dose studies with Advocate in adult cats and dogs demonstrated that oral administration of the recommended dermal dose only caused transient and mild side effects, as vomiting and salivation in cats and vomiting and anorexia in some dogs. Serious side effects were not encountered. If a kitten were to ingest a large quantity of Advocate (5x dose), this could be potentially harmful. Oral ingestion is only a serious problem in ivermectin sensitive Collie-type
