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BCSnob
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May 29, 2015

Heartworms developing resistance to monthly preventatives

After hurricane Katrina there have been increasing reports of loss of effectiveness (LOE) for heartworm preventatives in the Gulf coast area. There have been many hypothesis for this increasing LOE. ...
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magnusfide
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May 30, 2015
dturm wrote:

Seriously, this is a real problem that is being studied. Our best defense right now is to get every dog on preventive all year long.

Because of the potential, it is VERY important to get an annual heartworm test even if being given medication.


We've been getting the 1x/year injections for our dogs. Much easier to keep track than 1x/month for us.

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