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Heartworm Disease
Mosquitoes carry heartworm, a serious and often deadly disease that can infect dogs, cats, ferrets and other small mammals. Early symptoms are not always apparent so you may not know your Pet is infected until irreversible damage has occurred. Proper preventive care is the best protection against heartworm disease. This video is designed to help you learn more.
Preventive Care - Fleas, Ticks, Heartworm
Preventive care is an important step in helping your Pet avoid common spring problems, like fleas, ticks and heartworm disease.
Heartworm Disease and Prevention
A mosquito borne parasite called Dirofilaria immitis causes canine heartworm disease. When an infected mosquito bites a Pet, microscopic heartworm larvae can enter the skin and tissues. The larvae migrate in multiple body tissues until they reach the large vessels of the heart and lungs. These parasites then grow up to 12 inches long in the heart and surrounding blood vessels.
Banfield aims to reduce heartworm disease in Pets year-round
Banfield aims to reduce heartworm disease in Pets year-round
Dirofilaria immitis
Dirofilaria immitis is a parasite that a mosquito can infect a Pet with, which causes canine heartworm disease as it matures into worms that live in the vessels of the heart and other possible areas of the body.
Protecting Pets against Pets
Helpful tips to help keep Pets safe and protected during the summer months.
Preventive
Preventive or preventive medicine is the action of prescribing treatment for a pet to avoid a health issue or avoid imbalance in maintaining a health issue. Heartworm medicine is a preventive medicine for pets to avoid a heartworm infection. Maintaining a healthy weight is a preventive for some pets that are maintaining a healthy balance of their diabetes.
Banfield offers spring safety tips for Pet owners
Banfield offers spring safety tips for Pet owners
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