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Who can get heartworms? Unscramble these words to find out!

Category: Just for Kids
Canine | Diagnosis | Exotics | Feline | Other | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals

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Older kids learn about heartworm terms in this more difficult word search activity.

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Younger kids learn about veterinary terms in this simple word search activity.

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Crossword clues help to teach older children heartworm disease terms.

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Canine | Diagnosis | Exotics | Feline | Other | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals

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A fun maze helps get children on the right path to responsible pet care.

Category: Just for Kids
Canine | Diagnosis | Exotics | Feline | Other | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals

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Coloring page helps teach young kids about trips to the veterinarian.

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Canine | Diagnosis | Exotics | Feline | Other | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals

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Coloring page to help young pet owners learn about heartworm prevention.

Category: Just for Kids
Canine | Diagnosis | Exotics | Feline | Other | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals

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What owners need to know if their dog is diagnosed with heartworms

Category: Pet Owner FAQs
Canine | Diagnosis | Pet Owners | Prevention | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals

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What owners need to know if their cat is diagnosed with heartworms

Category: Pet Owner FAQs
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Why year-round heartworm prevention is essential to keeping a dog healthy

Category: Pet Owner FAQs
Canine | Diagnosis | Pet Owners | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals

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The facts--and the fictions--about heartworm prevention in dogs

Category: Pet Owner FAQs
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The facts--and the fictions--about heartworm prevention in cats

Category: Pet Owner FAQs
Feline | Pet Owners | Prevention | Veterinary Professionals

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In this VETgirl veterinary CE podcast, veterinary cardiologist Dr. Marisa Ames from U.C. Davis discusses which diagnostic procedures may be needed following a heartworm-positive antigen test in dogs--from microfilaria testing to radiographs and echocardiograms.

Category: Podcast
Canine | Diagnosis | Pet Owners | Shelters | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals

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In this VETgirl veterinary CE podcast, shelter veterinarian Dr. Brian DiGangi from the University of Florida discusses testing and management of heartworm-positive dogs in the shelter environment, as well as what veterinarians in practice need to understand about these patients and their prior care when they are adopted by clients. He also discusses the behavioral health of these patients and how they can be kept happy AND healthy during treatment.

Category: Podcast
Canine | Cost | Diagnosis | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Transport of Infected Pets | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals

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Poster with a white cat under a blanket warns us that she can't hide from heartworms

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

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Poster with a mosquito on a fall leaf reminds us that mosquitoes can still spread heartworm when the seasons change

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

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Poster with dogs in leaf hats eplains that their disguise can't hide them from deadly heartworms

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Canine | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals

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Poster with sleeping cat urges us to help their cats sleep easy with heartworm prevention

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Feline | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals

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Poster with woman and her dog running through the woods reminds us we can't run away from heartworms.

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Canine | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals

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Poster with two kittens in fall leaves explains that year-round heartworm is needed to protect them from heartworms

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

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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!