This often fatal illness is pretty severe and is among the most devastating diseases that any bird dogs faces. Heartworm prevention is straightforward and entails a food additive or a heartworm pill that your dog will really believe is often a treat. Whether you elect to make use of a heartworm pill, a liquid or powder food additive or other alternative that your vet recommends, ensure that you use it as instructed, whether or not that’s weekly or monthly.
Heartworm Facts
Heartworm is a parasite that can live in your dog’s body and infest every major organ and tissue, including the heart—which is usually what kills the infected animal. Mosquitoes are the culprit most often found carrying heartworm that infects dogs, but dogs can also get heartworm from foxes, coyotes, and other animals. It’s hard to detect heartworm early on, which is why it can often become fatal.
Preventing Heartworm
Most veterinarians believe that dogs should be provided with preventative treatment year round. Since it’s fairly easy to give your dog heartworm preventative meds such as those mentioned earlier. Another way to help make sure your pet stays free from heartworm is to ensure that your pet, his bedding and his environment stay clean and free from debris that can attract mosquitoes.
Symptoms of Heartworm
The first symptom noticed by the owner is usually a loss of weight. Sometimes a lack of energy or excessive coughing is also seen as well. Once the parasite infects the dog’s lungs, coughing will become more extreme and heavier. As the parasite spreads, things will only get worse. The first few months of a heartworm infection are usually unnoticed as the heartworms are busy propagating and are not spreading to infect and cause problems yet.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis of heartworm is done by a veterinarian and is usually accomplished by clinical observation and blood tests. Often, a “double test” will be done to find out if the infection is male or female—which will affect treatment. This also determines approximate worm count, which will tell how far advanced the infection is.
Treating Heartworm
After diagnosis, heartworm treatment must begin right away. Otherwise, the infected dog can spread the disease to other dogs. Treatment will vary depending on worm count and the stage of the disease. An otherwise healthy dog will most likely live through the treatment, but an unhealth one has almost no chance of surviving. Treatment may not work if the parasites have affected too many organs or if the worm count has become too high. Prevention and early treatment is the best way to treat heartworm.
Other dogs around the infected dog should be tested as well, as soon as possible. The disease tends to spread fairly quickly between dogs and testing is the only way to prevent or begin early treatment. People are also able to catch the disease, so they should get tested, as well.
While heartworm is a deadly parasite, it can be prevented or treated if it is done properly.
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