I was thinking about how our pets are living better and longer lives these days because of the effectiveness of heartworm and flea preventions, and it occurred to me that I have not done an article in ...

Q: I started taking my dog, Stetson, to a new vet, who recommended I give him his monthly heartworm medicine throughout the year instead of only during the warm months as I’d been doing. Let’s look ...

Awareness of heartworm disease in dogs has been around for some time now. Veterinarians have been educating pet owners about the disease for at least 35 years. At first, there was only one way to ...

My veterinarian recommended that my indoor-only cat Sydney be treated with a heartworm preventive. If heartworms are transmitted by mosquitoes, which live outside, why would an indoor cat like Syd ...

Heartworms are parasitic worms that can infect the hearts, lungs and blood vessels of pets, primarily dogs, cats and ferrets, leading to serious health issues. Heartworms are transmitted through ...

Not long ago, a cat or dog catching heartworm disease in the Inland Northwest was so unlikely I once thought I could go my entire career without ever diagnosing one. It used to be that unless you were ...