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Why are heartworms a threat to your dog? This short video explains.
23 wrz 2019 · A more in-depth overview of heartworm life cycle and prevention. Useful for students, new staff, and veterinary professionals.
An educational video tickling your funny bone.More about heartworm disease:The American Heartworm Society:http://www.heartwormsociety.org/A knowledge base fo...
In this veterinary nurse/technician training video, veterinary parasitologist and UGA Associate Professor Dr. Andy Moorhead provides an overview of the heartworm life cycle, using images and illustrations to explain how dogs, cats and other animals become infected with this parasite.
Signs of heartworm disease in cats can be very subtle or very dramatic. Symptoms may include coughing, asthma-like attacks, periodic vomiting, lack of appetite, or weight loss. Occasionally an affected cat may have difficulty walking, experience fainting or seizures, or suffer from fluid accumulation in the abdomen.
These videos produced by the American Heartworm Society help you communicate the importance of early heartworm diagnosis and prevention. Feel free to post them on your social media platforms to promote your practice and increase understanding.
Heartworm disease is a potentially fatal, but preventable, infection caused by a worm parasite, Dirofilaria immitis. The organism is transmitted by mosquitoes, which carry the heartworm larvae (called microfilariae) from an infected animal host to a new animal host.
