Commentary
Some articles are painful to read. Despite at least 40 years of pushing compliance, myriad options for heartworm prevention, educational TV, online and print advertising and efforts by veterinary clinics, these compliance metrics represented are distressing.
Maybe it is time to quit mincing words or images and portray heartworm infection realistically with prevention as a choice every dog would make.” – Kirk Augustine
Source: Veterinary Practice News, October 31, 2023. Link. A Morris Animal Foundation-funded study uncovered an alarming gap in heartworm prevention in canines, citing less than 40 percent of dogs studied are on preventatives at baseline. The incidence of heartworm disease has continued to rise not only in previously known hot spots but also in unexpected locations with previously low heartworm rates <Link>.