In other words, where heartworm is seasonal, there is no good reason to give year -
round heartworm drugs.
That means giving your
dog heartworm drugs every month, year round, to protect her... and asking your vet to test her every 12 months for heartworm disease.
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Every veterinary clinic displays gruesome photos of the foot - long spaghetti - like worms in a dog's heart... and if you don't want your dog to end up with those long ugly worms, you'd better give her monthly
preventive heartworm drugs, preferably year round.
The veterinary school in Auburn, Alabama has, on staff, a research scientist who
studies heartworm drug resistance.
Did you know that your dog's liver and kidneys are adversely affected by the use of flea collars, chemical de-wormers, and
even heartworm drugs?
Before giving your dog any kind
of heartworm drugs, you can do DNA testing to see if there are any microfilariae in his system.
Before breaking open that blister pack, you might want to take a look at the risks of
giving heartworm drugs to your dog and why he doesn't need them!
Heartworm drugs are neurotoxic.
Heartworm drugs are pesticides.
It's known that heartworms are becoming resistant to
heartworm drugs.
Yes, it's the big pharmaceutical companies that make
the heartworm drugs.
While no drug is perfect,
heartworm drugs are incredibly effective; the failure rate is exceedingly low.
We covered the story of Dr. Hampshire, the FDA official who concluded that ProHeart 6,
a heartworm drug was not safe and contributed to well over reported 500 canine deaths.
You would think that the more heartworms are exposed to
heartworm drugs, the higher the chance of resistance.