It just takes one bite. Still clients and veterinary teams struggle with year-round heartworm prevention. Stephen Jones, DVM, challenges animal health pros to understand how heartworm disease begins long before clinical signs develop and progresses as long as heartworms are present.
Source: Veterinary Medicine, April 19, 2018. Link.
Remember: by the time a dog is diagnosed as heartworm-positive, heartworm disease has already begun. Early diagnosis and early elimination of heartworms with adulticidal therapy give a dog the best chance of a healthy life, but heartworm infection has consequences, and damage can be life-long.
INSIGHTS: These photos are valuable for all animal health pros. Heartworm preventative compliance has grown over the past decade, but there is still room to grow. With the findings of Ceva’s research and the development of the Double Defense Heartworm Protocol, there’s even more reason to control the mosquito vector before it bites.