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More On Heartworm Disease In Cats

Jennifer writes: My cat had blood work done at her last visit and I was told yesterday that she tested positive for heartworm. She did not test positive in November, 2009, when given the same test so she had to have been bitten within the last year. The veterinarian told me there was nothing I [...]

Cat Heartworm Disease And Prevention

Heartworm disease in cats is deadly but preventible. For cats there is no heartworm treatment to rid the infected feline of the parasite, as there is in dogs. Feline heartworm prevention is easy and affordable. Just as with dogs, cats get heartworms from mosquitoes, which act as an intermediate host of the parasite. Many people [...]