Sentences with phrase «heartworm positive felines»

Owners of heartworm positive felines do not have a definitive treatment, so they must be cared for as symptoms arise.

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pets with serious medical conditions, such as untreated heartworm, pets in need of major surgery or medical care expected to cost $ 100 or more, or feline leukemia - positive cats

We are glad that the editors of Today's Veterinary Nurse published this article and the accompanying client handout on a difficult - to - diagnose condition that likely affects more cats than veterinarians have been able to confirm.1 — 3 Veterinary technicians can be positive influences to the veterinarians with whom they work and can feel that they are empowered to encourage their veterinarians to consider heartworm disease and test their feline patients after reading both the article and the client handout.

Fifteen percent tested positive for heartworm antibodies.1 (Levy 2003) Another study found that many shelters based their feline heartworm policies ``... on inaccurate knowledge of feline heartworm prevalence...» 2 (Dunn 2011)

«A diagnosis of feline heartworm infection is confirmed when both the antibody and antigen tests are positive.»