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Summertime is fun time with pets. To keep pets happy and healthy this summer season, follow these ten tips from the American Heartworm Society.

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With lots of warm days and long outdoor romps ahead, pet owners need to be extra-vigilant about keeping harmful pests at bay. Here’s how to tell fleas and ticks (and more) to “bug off!”

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Heartworm disease (HWd), caused by the mosquito-borne nematode Diroflaria immitis, is endemic in most areas of the United states, including urban areas where most of the U.s. population (about 80%) lives. in shelter animals, risk for heartworm infection is thought to be higher than in privately owned pets because stray and surrendered shelter animals are less likely to receive prior veterinary care.

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Even if heartworm infection is treated, we all know it does serious, permanent damage to the body.

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Sponsors of the American Heartworm Society help the organization pay for research and education.

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Veterinary parasitology organization identifies need for more answers, solicits research proposals.

Citing the need to better understand critical issues such as macrocyclic lactone resistance to heartworm preventives and the role of the immune system in heartworm prevention, the American Heartworm Society (AHS) has announced that it is accepting proposals for new heartworm research studies.

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The American Heartworm Society is accepting study applications in a move to expand what is known about heartworm disease.

Wilmington, Delaware—Here’s a message for cat owners wondering what to get their favorite feline this holiday: give the gift of heartworm protection.

“Cat toys and treats are great gifts, but heartworm prevention is something no cat should be without,” declares veterinarian and American Heartworm Society President Dr. Stephen Jones. “It’s easy and affordable—and it can save a cat’s life.”

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First epidemiological report of feline heartworm infection in the Barcelona metropolitan area (Spain)

The metropolitan area of Barcelona is the most densely populated metropolitan area on the Mediterranean coast. Several studies have reported the presence of canine heartworm disease in this region; however, there are no published epidemiological data regarding feline heartworm in this region and the prevalence in this species remains unknown. 

The Los Angeles Vector Control recently announced that a mosquito species from Australia has been found in southern California. The species is the Aedes notoscriptus, also known as the "Aussie Mozzie,” and it was previously undocumented in the U.S. This discovery is of interest to veterinarians and pet owners because of the mosquito’s ability to vector heartworm in the U.S., should it become prevalent.