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Stay Up to Date with CAPC Parasite Maps
Up-to-date maps from the Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) can help the veterinary care team in its client education efforts on heartworm — are you using them?
Parasitology
Feline Heartworm Disease: Separating Fact from Fiction
Although most veterinarians recognize that feline heartworm disease can be serious and even life-threatening, far too few clients invest in heartworm prevention for their cats.
Parasitology
The Hidden Characteristics of Heartworm Disease
Clients often don’t understand what heartworms are—nor do they understand the consequences of infection in their pets. We must stress prevention.
Parasitology
Risk Management Approaches to Heartworm Disease
Heartworm disease is one of the most serious—and preventable—diseases threatening canine patients.
Parasitology
Educating Clients About Natural Heartworm Prevention
When explaining the benefits of heartworm preventives, the key message to stress is that failing to give heartworm preventives can result in heartworm infection, a potentially deadly disease.
Parasitology
Beyond Borders: The Truth About Ticks
When dealing with most 3-host ticks, the problem is that the majority of the reproducing ticks are not on the dogs or cats, but on their natural wildlife hosts.
Parasitology
Hitting the Road Heartworm-Free
To help veterinarians balance their dual role of protecting individual animal health and welfare as well as that of animal populations, the AHS and the Association of Shelter Veterinarians have formulated evidence-based best practices for minimizing transmission of heartworms in relocated dogs.
Exotic Medicine
Heartworm Infection in Ferrets
The diagnosis and management of heartworm disease in ferrets is not as straightforward as in dogs and cats for a variety of reasons.
