Sentences with phrase «heartworm cases»

Fortunately, we are able to successfully treat the vast majority of heartworm cases in dogs today and we can now prevent the disease in cats!

Last year we had 3 heartworm cases seen in our clinic.

So if your state doesn't have the climate conditions for heartworm, why are there sometimes heartworm cases?

Although outdoor cats are at greater risk of infection, indoor cats represent approximately twenty - five percent of confirmed heartworm cases.

But canine and feline heartworm cases share at least one thing in common, they can both be deadly.

An unusually cold winter or period of drought is often followed by a temporary drop in the number of heartworm cases that veterinarians see.

Neither of these studies prove that the increase in heartworm cases in dogs receiving preventatives are due to these genetic differences, but it may well prove to be so.

Educate clients that mosquitoes and heartworms are showing up in places where they were previously less common and that every state has reported heartworm cases.

This map shows heartworm cases by state.

Every single heartworm case is different.

For example, take the American Heartworm Society's statistics on heartworm cases in the USA.

In just two years, from 2013 - 2015, there was a 166 percent increase in reported positive heartworm cases, according to the Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC).

I believe this is a frightening trend, especially considering that the average number of heartworm cases per veterinary clinic rose by 21 % between 2013 and 2016.1

Of respondents participating in the AHS survey, 23.3 percent reported seeing more heartworm cases in 2016 vs. 2013, while 19.8 percent reported a decline in their practice areas.

The average annual number of canine heartworm cases is highest in the southeast region of the United States.

Traditionally, the vast majority of heartworm cases throughout the country have been found in the wet and temperate climates of the Mississippi River Valley and the southeastern United States.

Their rationale for this is that there have been heartworm cases in all 50 US states.

Doing so has been found by some to increase the number of heartworm cases that are discovered.

In areas with high incidence of heartworm cases I would be more inclined to use heartworm prevention.

Are There Factors Other Than Lack of Efficacy of Monthly Heartworm Preventatives That Could Explain The Increase In Heartworm Cases?

According to the Companion Animal Parasite Council, 22 percent of all heartworm cases in Texas are in Harris County, and one in 27 dogs in Harris County will contract the disease.

Experts stop short of calling it an epidemic but the results of a newly released nationwide survey indicate that the number heartworm cases is rising.

«When veterinarians study our new heartworm incidence map, they will note that the distribution of heartworm cases hasn't changed dramatically since we surveyed veterinary practices three years ago.

Heartworm disease in the past has been more prevalent in the south but in recent years veterinarians have seen an increase in the number of heartworm cases.

Cats represent only 10 - 15 percent of the heartworm cases in the U.S.

Just over half said they see heartworm cases «occasionally» while only 13 percent reported that they never see heartworm - positive patients.

Low risk or class 1 and 2 dog heartworm cases are characterized by having no symptoms and normal heart x-rays.

The number of heartworm cases is on the rise in San Diego.