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Grounded or Unfounded: Treating for ticks and fleas does not protect my dog from heartworm infection.

Not every parasite-prevention product prevents heartworm in pets--some only address pests like fleas and ticks. Read the label and make sure your pet is getting the protection he or she needs.

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Canine | Prevention | Veterinary Professionals | Pet Owners

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Grounded or Unfounded: Only dogs and cats get heartworms.

Heartworm don't just infect dogs and cats--from ferrets to foxes, a number of other species get heartworm disease, too.

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Canine | Feline | Prevention | Diagnosis | Exotics | Other | Veterinary Professionals | Pet Owners | Incidence

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Grounded or Unfounded: It's too cold here for heartworms.

Many areas of the country have cold winters--AND heartworms. Year-round prevention provides the best way to keep your pet safe.

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Canine | Feline | Prevention | Exotics | Other | Veterinary Professionals | Pet Owners | Incidence

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Grounded or Unfounded: Indoor pets are safe from heartworm infection.

Mosquitoes come inside--which means "indoor" pets are exposed to heartworms, too.

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Canine | Prevention | Life Cycle | Veterinary Professionals | Pet Owners | Incidence

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Grounded or Unfounded: Heartworms don't live here.

While heartworms are more prevalent in some parts of the country they're diagnosed in all 50 states.

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Canine | Feline | Prevention | Exotics | Other | Veterinary Professionals | Pet Owners

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Grounded or Unfounded: Cats don't get heartworm disease

Cats get heartworm disease, too--and unlike dogs, they have no options for treatment. Year-round prevention is the best approach.

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Feline | Prevention | Veterinary Professionals | Pet Owners

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Grounded or Unfounded: All drugs that prevent parasites prevent heartworm infection.

Treating your pet for parasites? Read the label and make sure it covers heartworms!

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Canine | Prevention | Veterinary Professionals | Pet Owners

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The colors are changing but your clients’ heartworm prevention programs shouldn’t. To help spice up your client outreach programs this fall, the AHS has created a new set of posters you can print or post on your social pages.

To keep this message front and center with your clients, we’re sharing a set of new posters you can print OR post on your Facebook or Instagram page.

  • To save or print a poster, just click on the image below, then click on the “download” button and save the PDF file.
  • To save a poster for use on your social pages, simply open the downloaded poster, then right click on the file and follow the menu instructions to save the file as a JPEG image.

For more client tools, be sure to visit the Resource Center. And if you don’t already, make sure you’re sharing our Facebook and Instagram posts!