Hearing about heartworms? Heartworms are true worms?
Hearing about heartworms? Heartworms are true worms?
The media is a wonderful device for communication. The Animal Hospital is using the Internet as a way of communicating with you & other clients. However, with the big dollars being spent on advertising, sometimes the message is confusing. Take heartworm prevention, for instance. This spring you will see and hear hundreds of ads bombarding you with advice to use heartworm preventative medication (from a variety of pharmaceutical companies). Most of the ads will not explain heartworm disease or its dangers or even why doctors give heartworm preventative.
Heartworms are true worms. They are 6-13 inches long and live in the heart of animals and in the great blood vessels around the heart. These worms are specifically adapted to live in the dog heart and do not survive well in the heart of other species.
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