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Dogs are definitely different from cats but they both need heartworm prevention, according to this infographic.

Category: Infographics
Canine | Diagnosis | Feline | Pet Owners | Prevention | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals

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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.

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

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

Category: Just for Kids
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Crossword clues help to teach older children heartworm disease terms.

Category: Just for Kids
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.

Category: Just for Kids
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
Canine | Pet Owners | Prevention | Veterinary Professionals

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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 podcast, entomologist Dr. Lyric Bartholomay and veterinarian Dr. Tom Nelson discuss how climate, urban living and the spread of mosquito species that carry heartworm are expanding where and when heartworms are transmitted in the U.S.

Category: Podcast
Canine | Incidence | Life Cycle | Shelters | Transport of Infected Pets | 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!