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In this video reel, a content cat show love for the owner who protects him from heartworm infection

Feline | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

American Heartworm Society Past President Dr. Stephen Jones what microclimates are and how they extend the length of time mosquitoes carrying heartworms can pose a threat.

Canine | Feline | Incidence | Life Cycle | Pet Owners | Prevention | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

American Heartworm Society Past President Dr. Stephen Jones explains why heartworm "season" is really a year-round issue in many areas.

Canine | Feline | Life Cycle | Pet Owners | Prevention | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Deb Horwitz provides easy tips owners can follow to keep their dogs mentally engaged but physically calm during heartworm treatment.

Canine | Pet Owners | Shelters | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Deb Horwitz provides easy tips owners can follow to keep their dogs mentally engaged but physically calm during heartworm treatment.

Canine | Pet Owners | Shelters | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Deb Horwitz addresses the question of how owners can safely handle taking their dogs outside for bathroom breaks during heartworm treatment.

Canine | Pet Owners | Shelters | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

An overview of the heartworm lifecycle, with an emphasis on the importance of prevention.
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Canine | Life Cycle | Media | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

Yes, cats get heartworm disease and need heartworm prevention.

Diagnosis | Feline | Pet Owners | Prevention | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

Pet owners can accidentally forget to dose their pet. What is the impact or risk to the pet when this occurrs? How should veterinarians and veterinary technicians better educate pet owners to prevent this from happening? Dr. Clarke Atkins, DACVIM (Cardiology), discusses how veterinary professionals should treat the "missed" dose of heartworm preventative.

Canine | Feline | Incidence | Pet Owners | Prevention | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

Veterinarians and veterinary technicians living in an endemic area must feel comfortable accurately diagnosing feline heartworm disease. Dr. Matt Miller, DACVIM (Cardiology), discusses how to diagnose heartworm disease/infection in cats.

Canine | Pet Owners | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

Testing, along with prevention, is an important part of keeping our dogs and cats healthy and free of disease. Here are important facts to know about heartworm disease and heartworm testing.


Canine | Diagnosis | Feline | Pet Owners
Category: Video

Testing, along with prevention, is an important part of keeping our dogs and cats healthy and free of disease. Here are important facts to know about heartworm disease and heartworm testing.

Feline | Pet Owners | Prevention | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

Heartworm disease is a deadly disease, but it is easy to prevent. This video will help all pet owners understand the importance of year-round protection and the importance of prevention.

Canine | Feline | Pet Owners | Prevention | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video


When warm weather hits, you will want to ramp up your heartworm education efforts. To help make this goal easy--and fun--the AHS has created a new set of posters to print or post on your social pages.

  • 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!