According to the American Heartworm Society, over one million dogs in the United States are currently infected with Dirofilaria immitis (heartworms). If diagnosed in a timely fashion, most infections can be managed medically with good results.

We’re proud to acknowledge that past American Heartworm Society (AHS) board member and winner of the 2009 honorary lifetime AHS membership Dr. William C. Campbell is one of three scientists winning the 2015 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine. Dr. Campbell was acknowledged for his work with Japanese researcher and co-winner Satoshi Omura on the roundworm parasite and the development on the lifesaving compound ivermectin/avermectin.

Results from a survey conducted by the American Heartworm Society and the Association of Shelter Veterinarians.

 

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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.