With the increase in diagnosis and treatment of heartworm infections across the globe, heartworm preventative medications are becoming a common practice in veterinary care and dog ownership. This development is saving both owners and their canine pals the worry, heartache and expense of being diagnosed with the heartworm parasite. One option for dog owners is [...]
Increasing in population and expanding their territory, mosquitoes are the primary vector for the transmission of the heartworm parasite. Diagnosed as a global problem and affecting all 50 states in the US, heartworm is considered to be a regionally epidemic problem which is growing in intensity and frequency. Preventative medication for heartworm can be administered [...]
Heartworm testing is especially important when starting, changing or resuming heartworm medications in order to provide earlier detection and treatment of the heartworm parasites. Heartworm disease in Colorado can be particularly devastating because of the complication of pulmonary hypertension due in part to our altitude. Administration of heartworm medications to an animal currently infected with [...]