Heartworms can cause serious symptoms of disease or even death in pets that contract them, which is why it's important to
administer heartworm prevention medication to your pets.
Not exact matches
Heartworm prevention medication can be
administered in a once a month pill that your dog takes orally or in an injectable form
administered twice annually by your veterinarian.
Even if they have been on
heartworm prevention year round there is always the possibility that the product may have failed for various reasons (your pet spit out the pill, did not absorb the pill appropriately, topical medicine was not applied properly, forgot to
administer medication on time, etc.) and the earlier we can treat you pet for
heartworm disease the better the prognosis.
The
medication is
administered once a month, on the same day each month, for
heartworm prevention.
because there is no approved treatment
medication for HWI in cats, the only way to keep cats
heartworm - free is to
administer year - round
prevention.
Unless a pet is non-cooperative, KHAH does not charge for
administering supplemental
medications like
heartworm prevention or vitamins.
Most
heartworm prevention is done by
administering your pet a once - a-month
heartworm preventive
medication.