Heartworm Prevention

 

 

 

 

 

 

VetMedicines.com has a variety of Heartowrm Medicine to help prevent heartworms in your pet.

 

What Are Heartworms?

 

Heartworms are a parasitic worm (about the diameter of thin spaghetti) that normally live free floating in the right ventricle of the heart and nearby blood vessels. The parasites are transmitted from one individual to another by mosquitoes.

 

Heartworm has been diagnosed in all 50 states and also worldwide. In most areas of the country Heartworm is an important pet health care issue.Dogs should be tested FIRST… before starting heartworm preventatives. Dogs should be tested on a regular basis, yearly if any doses of Heartworm Medication have been missed. In cats, one worm can cause sudden death or sudden (acute) respiratory signs that are indistinguishable from asthma without a medical work up. Any area where dogs can get Heartworm, cats can get them as well.

 

Dogs are considered the definitive host (2) for the parasite; even though the disease is not transmitted directly from one dog to another, untreated dogs provide a stable reservoir for the disease. Mosquitoes of several different species are the vectors (intermediate host for the developing microfilariae).

Preventive doses come in oral and topical versions.

 

 VetMedicines.com is proud to offer Heartworm Treatment and Preventatives for Dogs & Cats like Heartgard Plus, Revolution, Interceptor, Sentinel, and more at discount prices to you the consumer.

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