Heartbreaker – While most geographical areas do enjoy a seasonal respite from mosquitoes, the southern climates are still captive to their buzzing, blood-sucking schemes — even in the winter. Mosquitoes, of course, are carriers of the parasite, a life threatening nematode that can cause severe disease and even DEATH.
Get At The Heart Of The Matter – Symptoms of infection in DOGS and CATS. Even in areas where residents do not have to worry about mosquitoes during the winter, their return in the spring and summer months can catch you off guard. It is best to be pre-prepared.
Put Your Heart Into It – To safeguard your dogs and cats against infection, veterinarians suggest using heart worm prevention medication year-round.
This is a much easier method of prevention, since you won’t have to remember when to star, or find yourself rushing to get the medication, and you won’t have to worry about having your pet tested for ‘s before beginning a new round of medication in the spring.
| Clinical Signs Associated With Disease | |
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Early Infection | No abnormal clinical signs observed |
Mild Disease | Cough |
Moderate Disease | Cough, exercise intolerance, abnormal lung sounds |
Severe Disease | Cough, exercise intolerance, dyspnea (difficulty breathing), abnormal lung sounds, hepatomegaly (enlargement of the liver), syncope(temporary loss of consciousness due to poor blood flow to the brain), ascites (fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity) and abnormal heart sounds.(CATS, FERRETS & OTHER SMALLER MAMMALS HAVE A HIGHER RISK @ DEATH!)<<<<<<<<<D E A T H>>>>>>>>>
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Follow Your Heart – There are a variety of options for preventing infection in both dogs and cats, including daily and monthly tablets and chewables, monthly topicals and a six-month injectable product available only for dogs.
All of these methods are extremely effective, and when administered properly on a timely schedule, infection can be completely prevented.
These medications interrupt development before adult worms reach the lungs and cause disease.
Have A Change of Heart – Avoiding parasitic infestations of any kind is to use preventive techniques.
Remember that while fleas, ticks and mosquitoes may seem to be merely nuisance pests, they are actually capable of causing severe health problems, from the above mentioned infection, to skin disorders and infections, to anemia.
As the old axiom goes: It is better to be safe than sorry.
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Wow!! The heart surgery, may not be for the squeamish, but I needed to watch it!! Its not only amazing the vets skill was, but the amount of heartworms extracted surgically from the labrador was striking, at best. Im definitely going to start my Zoey on preventative treatment, soon as possible. Thank you Danny for this. Every pet owner will benefit from this blog..thats for sure..
I like this a lot. It gives everyone a lot of information. A lot of people don't think of heart worm prevention.Plus it was really cute :)
There is a lot of great information about heart worms.
There is a lot of information in this Joyce. I am a bad pet owner and don't hv foxy on heart worm prevention mainly cause I don't think about it like I should I will go and get some as soon as possible.
Awesome blog Danny! So much I didn't know about heart worms And the video over surgery, Whoa :O I'm defiantly going to be more strict on my pups
Oh man yes everyone needs to have heart worm prevention because why should you want to pay expensive office visits in surgery where you can only pay $20 a month for prevention for your animal you want to stay healthy make your animal stay healthy.. Everyone saying oh I want to have my animals live for long period of time well why don't you take heartworm prevention in matter this is a serious issues.
I think prevention is a good thing and you should do a yearly check up on your animals with it
Great blog and cute pictures! People need to start taking action to prevent heart worms in their pets! People need to realize that even though they seem so insignificant they are a huge problem!!
Great blog and cute pictures! People need to start taking action to prevent heart worms in their pets! People need to realize that even though they seem so insignificant they are a huge problem!! Its kind of like in nutrition week, its a lot better to spend a little more money preventing problems with good food/medicine than to have to pay huge medical bills later!
The circle of how heartworm are is great to know Danny great infomation thanks as always
Hey Danny... What an awesome and informative blog. I wonder how many people who have pets even know that Mosquitos are the carries of heartworms. That was a very important comment you made concerning the southern states having fluctuating mosquito times of year. Many people don't really take this into account and try to save money during colder months. Which can end up costing them more $ in the long run. Just getting retested for heart worms can cost up to $35 each time. Great informative and practical blog.