Sentences with phrase «heartworm incidence as»

Map © American Heartworm Society: The severity of heartworm incidence as shown in this map is based on the average number of cases per reporting clinic.

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After any heartworm treatment, the antigen heartworm tests have a greater incidence of false positive results since the test is for antigens that are released from dead heartworms as well as live heartworms.

I have found it useful to reread my parasitology class notes as well as pay a visit to the online version of the Merck Veterinary Manual and The American Heartworm Society website, the latter of which has an online map showing the incidence of heartworm in the United States from 2001Heartworm Society website, the latter of which has an online map showing the incidence of heartworm in the United States from 2001heartworm in the United States from 2001 to 2016.

This new protocol comes as the incidence of heartworm disease continues to increase nationally.

While states in the Gulf and Mississippi Valley are best known for their high levels of heartworm - positive dogs, other areas are showing increased incidences as well.

Conversely, among the 19 percent of veterinarians reporting an upward trend in the incidence of heartworm, a majority of these saw poor compliance as the leading causative factor.

While of obvious concern to our profession, product lack of efficacy did not emerge as a major contributing factor to heartworm incidence, in the opinion of veterinarians participating in the survey.

Course content incorporates essential disease pathophysiology, diagnostics, screening and testing, treatment protocols, prevention strategies, and pet owner counseling, while also covering issues such as heartworm incidence trends and resistance.

As we look more aggressively for heartworms in cats with better and better tests, we expect to find that the incidence is greater than previously thought.