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Was that a MOSQUITO?

In this video reel, a cat runs in fear from a mosquito that might be carrying heartworms

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

What are Heartworms?

Why are heartworms a threat to your dog? This short video explains.

Canine | Feline | Prevention | Diagnosis | Treatment | Exotics
Category: Video

When and why should cats be screen for heartworms?

n the U.S., veterinarians tend to reserve heartworm testing in cats for those that show overt clinical signs of adult heartworm infections. In this video, veterinary parasitologist and Zoetis scientist Dr. Jessica Rodriguez explains what a recent study done in conjunction with University of Florida and University of Oklahoma researchers revealed about the need to screen cats for heartworm and the need to protect them from this common parasite.

Feline | Prevention | Diagnosis | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

When cats test positive for heartworms, what's next?

Veterinary cardiologist Dr. Clarke Atkins explains how veterinarians can interpret the results of antigen and antibody heartworm tests in cats.

Feline | Diagnosis | Veterinary Professionals | Cost
Category: Video

When dogs test positive for heartworms, what's next?

Veterinary cardiologist Dr. Clarke Atkins outlines testing strategies for dogs that test positive for heartworms.

Canine | Diagnosis | Veterinary Professionals | Cost
Category: Video

Why alternative heartworm treatment protocols are needed

Veterinary parasitologist Dr. Laura Kramer of the University of Parma discusses the rationale for alternative heartworm treatment protocols.

Canine | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals | Resistance
Category: Video

Why combine macrocyclic lactones and repellents in a heartworm prevention protocol?

Veterinary cardiologist Dr. Matthew Miller discusses multimodal heartworm prevention strategies.

Canine | Prevention | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

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Why Do We Remind to Test and NOT Prevent? (Tom Nelson)


Canine | Feline | Prevention | Diagnosis | Shelters
Category: Video

Why does severe weather create a perfect storm for heartworm transmission?

Veterinary cardiologist Dr. Clarke Atkins explains how heartworm epidemics can occur as fallout from hurricanes.

Canine | Diagnosis | Treatment | Life Cycle | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals | Incidence
Category: Video

Play Vidoe

Why Not Slow Kill? Patient-Focused Reasons (Clarke Atkins)


Canine | Treatment | Shelters
Category: Video


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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!