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Merck Animal Health's Bravecto Quantum is officially the first FDA approved drug that protects dogs from fleas and ticks for eight months to a year, the agency announced on Thursday, July 10.

Veterinarian Johanna Salzer checks dogs on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, Ariz. for brown dog ticks. She works as part of a CDC team combatting Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever here.

These days, it's mostly just him and his two-person field team, dealing with dogs and ticks from home to home, holding the line across all 1.8 million acres of the reservation.