Feline Heartworm - Important Points
- Transmitted by mosquitoes from dogs to cats
- Potentially fatal, life threatening disease
- No treatment available once infected
- At Adobe we are seeing 11 times the infection rate in cats vs. dogs and 25% of the infected cats are strictly indoors!
- Feline heartworm disease is preventable with safe easy to give once-a-month medications.
Cats need to be tested prior to starting preventative medication.
At the Adobe Pet Hospital we follow the guidelines set by the American Association of Feline Practitioners and the American Heartworm Society that call for testing and placing ALL cats on an approved once-a-month preventative. Prevention is critical since there is no treatment currently available for heartworm disease in cats.
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