The Missouri Valley tournament, affectionately referred to as Arch Madness, returns to St. Louis for what should be another thrilling weekend of postseason basketball. The top two favorites are obvious, but there is plenty of intrigue in the middle seeds. Wichita State and Northern Iowa are the alpha and omega of the MVC this year, running neck-and-neck at the top and splitting their regular-season series. The Shockers edged out the Panthers by just one game to win the top seed.
Canine Flea Spot-on-These are oil based products such as Advantage and Frontline Plus that are put on one or two spots on your dog's back. This type of dog flea medicine is safe. You use gloves to avoid irritation on human hands. They work when you spread the oil throughout the skin, killing the fleas.
And you donât want your dog picking up ticks and risking tick-borne disease. Wouldnât it be convenient to just give your dog a tasty chew every month or three months to protect her from fleas and ticks? Well, recently, some new flea and tick prevention products for dogs give you the opportunity to do just that. Great! Problem solved â¦ â¦ or is it? Donât jump on these drugs too fast. They have a dark side. What are the new drugs? There are three drugs in the category of oral flea and tick preventives: Nexgard, Bravecto and Simparica. Nexgard (active ingredient afoxolaner) and Bravecto (fluralaner) were approved in the US in late 2013 and early 2014. Simparica (sarolaner) was just introduced in March 2016.