5 Facts Pet Owners Should Know About Heartworm Disease

5 FACTS EVERY PET OWNER

SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HEARTWORM DISEASE

Pets don’t infect each other with heartworms; pesky mosquitoes spread the disease.

#1: Blame the mosquito!

In fact, just ONE BITE from an infected mosquito is all it takes to infect your pet with heartworms.

#2: Heartworm infection has been diagnosed in all 50 states.

That’s why all pets—big or small, indoor or outdoor, old or young—need heartworm protection.

#3: Cats as well as dogs get heartworm disease.

And unlike dogs, cats have no approved medications to treat heartworm infection.

#4: There’s no season for heartworm disease.

That’s why the American Heartworm Society recommends year-round prevention.

#5: Heartworms are deadly ...

… but heartworm prevention is affordable, highly effective and easy to give.

AMERICAN HEARTWORM SOCIETY RECOMMENDATIONS

Test pets for heartworm

infection every 12 months

Give pets heartworm

preventives 12 months a year