5 FACTS EVERY PET OWNER
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HEARTWORM DISEASE
Pets don’t infect each other with heartworms; pesky mosquitoes spread the disease.
#1: Blame the mosquito!
In fact, just ONE BITE from an infected mosquito is all it takes to infect your pet with heartworms.
#2: Heartworm infection has been diagnosed in all 50 states.
That’s why all pets—big or small, indoor or outdoor, old or young—need heartworm protection.
#3: Cats as well as dogs get heartworm disease.
And unlike dogs, cats have no approved medications to treat heartworm infection.
#4: There’s no season for heartworm disease.
That’s why the American Heartworm Society recommends year-round prevention.
#5: Heartworms are deadly ...
… but heartworm prevention is affordable, highly effective and easy to give.
AMERICAN HEARTWORM SOCIETY RECOMMENDATIONS
Test pets for heartworm
infection every 12 months
Give pets heartworm
preventives 12 months a year