"Heartworm protection" refers to methods or measures taken to prevent a dangerous parasite called heartworm from infecting and harming dogs or sometimes cats. It usually involves giving them certain medications or using specific preventive treatments recommended by veterinarians to keep the heartworms away.
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Treat every visit like a heartworm awareness visit and continually reinforce the importance
of heartworm protection.
Also make sure to bring your pet in for every scheduled well - kitten exam, so that you stay on top of all health issues,
including heartworm protection.
If your dog is already
receiving heartworm protection, you can swap immediately to the once a year heartworm injection and enjoy the convenience of not giving monthly tablets anymore.
Many pet owners say they have «inside» pets or perceive they don't have a mosquito problem, and conclude their pet doesn't
need heartworm protection.
If your adult dog is not on any form
of heartworm protection or has had a break in protection, they will require a blood test.
Also make sure to bring your pet in for every scheduled well - puppy or well - kitten exam, so that you stay on top of all health issues,
including heartworm protection.
For your convenience, Old Dominion Animal Hospital carries a wide range of
heartworm protection products right here in our Charlottesville animal hospital.
It is safe, effective and virtuallyeliminates concerns about compliance by placing complete controlover canine
heartworm protection with the veterinarian.
Without heartworm protection, even indoor cats hiding under the bed or dogs in states where heartworm isn't especially common (like California or Nebraska) aren't safe from this potentially fatal disease.
If you're concerned about ticks, Revolution
provides heartworm protection and will kill ticks, along with fleas and their eggs, roundworms and hookworms.
All it takes is for one infected mosquito to bite your dog or cat, and even the best mosquito repellent won't provide
adequate heartworm protection.
Between varying weather conditions, warm microclimates that form protective pockets where mosquitoes can survive and frequent travel with pets,
limiting heartworm protection to warm - weather months can be a risky proposition.
The American Heartworm Society recommends that pets remain on
heartworm protection year round because when the medication isn't given consistently some pets are developing heartworm disease.
«Veterinarians can now offer six months of
uninterrupted heartworm protection to all healthy dogs ages 6 months and older, and provide greater peace of mind to their owners.
We know that if we look at statistics, less than two - thirds of pets leave veterinary hospitals in areas where heartworm is endemic, common, without
sufficient heartworm protection to protect either the entire pet population in the house or pets for the entire transmission season.
Along with a heartworm preventive, ask your veterinarian about making Vectra ® 3D for Dogs part of your Double
Defense heartworm protection plan.
In fact, a national survey of 2,500 dog owners revealed that more than 80 percent would switch to twice -
a-year heartworm protection if it cost no more than their current monthly preventative.
So not only are you
getting heartworm protection for your pet but also peace of mind that your pet has not picked up parasites like roundworms that can be transmitted to other pets and even humans.
Evidently that little fact escaped the attention of the veterinarian who
prescribed heartworm protection — in December — for a puppy living high in the Colorado mountains.
«'' But with the recent ground - breaking advancement in prevention — ProHeartâ 6, an injection that provides six months of
continuous heartworm protection — we now have a weapon to combat compliance problems.
You can purchase flea and tick protection products for your dogs and cats,
Heartworm protection products, request refills of your pet's medications, purchase most joint supplements, vitamins, skin supplements and prescription diets from Royal Canin, Iams / Eukanuba, Purina and soon to come Hill's Science Diet company and more.
At Midtown Vets, in most canine cases we recommended a product that provides six months of
heartworm protection with a single injection.
The Center for Veterinary Medicine, a branch of the Food and Drug Administration, has just approved ProHeart ® 6 (moxidectin), aground breaking development in
heartworm protection for dogs and dog owners from Fort Dodge Animal Health.
Services we offer include spays & neuters, dental cleaning and surgery, microchipping, an on - site pet pharmacy
offering heartworm protection and flea - tick control, an in - house laboratory for quick testing results, as well as a drive - thru pharmacy pick - up window.
This figure doesn't include dogs never taken to see a vet, so it's conceivable that over 70 percent of American's dogs never
receive heartworm protection.
Also make sure to bring your pet in for every scheduled well - puppy exam, so that you stay on top of all health issues,
including heartworm protection.
The Duluth, Georgia, company reported April 11 that its new campaign will assist veterinary practices in educating clients about the benefits
of heartworm protection, particularly Merial's Heartgard Plus -LSB-...]
The American Heartworm Society has recommended year - round
heartworm protection, without missing a dose.
In addition to
heartworm protection it also guards against hookworms, whipworms and roundworms.
What is
heartworm protection and how many months should my pet be on heartworm prevention medication?
Our pets are living much longer now than in the past — with the use of preventative medicine such as regular vaccinations and
heartworm protection, pets are living long enough to see other diseases develop.
However, colder temperatures can just pause the process and result in larval growth resuming when the air warms up.2 It's just one more reason why year - round
heartworm protection is important.
Your love for your dog knows no season, and neither should
his heartworm protection.
Then we spay / neuter every dog (no exceptions), bring them current on distemper, parvo, bordatella and rabies vaccines, heartworm test them and begin them on
heartworm protection.
In addition to providing flea and
heartworm protection, you'll also be protecting your dog against common intestinal parasites — roundworms, hookworms, and whipworms.