Speedway
Vet
3736 E.Speedway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ. 85716
Phone 520-321-4235
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HEARTWORM
DISEASE is a serious, deadly disease wherever mosquitoes are present.
Each year thousands of pets become permanently debilitated or die from
lung, heart or circulatory problems caused by heartworms. Your pet can
have heartworms for several months before symptoms are obvious. By then
the disease may be difficult or impossible to treat successfully.
SYMPTOMS:
An infected pet becomes less active and tires easily. Coughing, weight
loss, chronic fatigue and fainting may appear in advanced disease stages.
Adult heartworms are found in the heart, lungs and major blood vessels.
Secondary liver and kidney disease may result. Heartworms can grow from 5
to 14 inches long. In advanced cases, a hundred or more worms have been
found in a single heart.
DIAGNOSIS
requires laboratory testing of a blood sample. Advances have been made in
recent years for more precise testing methods by your veterinarian.
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT
depends on early detection & close veterinary supervision. After
permanent damage occurs, prognosis is poor.
- FACT... All
dogs and cats, regardless of age, sex, size or breed, are at
risk wherever mosquitoes are present. It takes only ONE
infected mosquito to infect your pet.
- FACT... Even
when you do not have mosquitoes in your area, if you take your
pet with you to areas where mosquitoes are present, your pet
is at risk.
- FACT...
Heartworm Disease can kill your pet.
- FACT...
Effective, easy-to-use preventive medication can save your
pet's life!
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