Having started on frontline, our vet has now put us onto a new drug to hit the market. It is called advocate and covers fleas, ear mites,mange,heartworm disease, gastro worms, however no sign of ticks , unless it has a latin name I am not sure of. We thought after talking with the vet it did, as we are in an area where ticks are. You have now made us stop and think about contacting our vet again to see if ticks are definitely covered.