You can use the same strategy with your clients that distribution reps use with your clinic to increase heartworm prevention. Ticks, along with mosquitoes, are the principal transmitters of both human and pet vector-borne pathogens. Heartworm is a life-threatening parasite that is 100 percent preventable.
Source: Veterinary Advantage, June 2024. Link.
Even with so many options to prevent parasites, it’s obvious that there is a serious knowledge gap with many pet owners about the potential health threats parasites pose to their animals and to themselves.” – Dawn Singleton-Olson
INSIGHTS: Choose less recommending and more requiring, as in, “every dog deserves a heartworm preventative”.
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