We recommend yearly testing your pet for heartworms, this involves a small amount of blood drawn to evaluate if there are circulating Microfiliaria (immature forms of heartworms that circulate the blood stream) on microscopic examination, we will also use
a heartworm snap test which tests for adult heartworms present in your pet.
Not exact matches
In my opinion, it would be wise for any dog that has symptoms compatible with
heartworm disease and a negative
Snap / Witness
test and any dog that has an in - office positive
test and no symptoms or indications of
heartworm disease to have a blood sample sent off to a sophisticated central veterinary laboratory for confirmation before contemplating the best treatment plan.
The Idexx
Snap ®
test, or its competitor, Zoetis» Witness ®, that veterinarians use are quite accurate in detecting if you dog is infected with heartworms — considerably more so than the earlier tests we had (eg Difil Test) that just looked for heartworm larva circulating in your pet's bl
test, or its competitor, Zoetis» Witness ®, that veterinarians use are quite accurate in detecting if you dog is infected with
heartworms — considerably more so than the earlier
tests we had (eg Difil
Test) that just looked for heartworm larva circulating in your pet's bl
Test) that just looked for
heartworm larva circulating in your pet's blood.
Canine
Snap 4DX - Canine
Heartworm Antigen, Anaplasma Phagocytophilum, Borrellia Burgdorferi, Ehrlichia Canis Antibody
Test
$ 5.00 off of
heartworm testing, includes in house
heartworm test, sent out
heartworm test or Idexx
Snap 4Dx Plus, when you buy 6 months of
heartworm preventative.
The
Snap Test is pretty specific, in that it is unlikely to react to things other than the protein from the adult female
heartworm reproductive tract.
Policies: This program has written policies This program works with purebred Goldens, golden doodles and some golden mixes This program requires an application fee of $ 40.00 if applying by mail, $ 35.00 if applying on - line They adopt out of the service territory to previous adopters Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake Requires a home visit before adoption approval Follows up with adopters after placement Dogs are observed and evaluated before adoption All dogs receive vaccines (Rabies, DHLPP,
Snap 4, Lyme,
Heartworm, Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichia and any other regionally appropriate tests) before adoption All dogs have tests (heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before
Heartworm, Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichia and any other regionally appropriate
tests) before adoption All dogs have
tests (
heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate tests) before
heartworm, fecal and other regionally appropriate
tests) before adoption.
Also for dogs, there's the IDEXX 4DX
Snap test, which
tests for Lyme exposure (in clinically and sub-clinically infected dogs), exposure to Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma platys (tick diseases), detection of antibodies to Ehrlichia canis or Ehrlichia ewingii (more tick disease), and canine
heartworm (spread by mosquitoes).
Following treatment, a
SNAPS feline
heartworm test should be done every two months to determine if the worms were killed.