5 FACTS

EVERY PET OWNER

SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
HEARTWORM DISEASE
#1: Blame the mosquito!

Pets don’t infect each

other with heartworms;
pesky mosquitoes
spread the disease.
In fact, just ONE BITE
from an infected
mosquito is all it takes
to infect your pet with
heartworms.
That’s why all pets—big or
small, indoor or outdoor,
old or young—need
heartworm protection.
#3: Cats as well as dogs get
heartworm disease.
And unlike dogs, cats
have no approved
medications to treat
heartworm infection.
 #4: There’s no season
for heartworm disease.
That’s why the American
Heartworm Society recommends
year-round prevention.
#5: Heartworms are deadly ...
… but heartworm prevention
is affordable, highly
effective and easy to give.
AMERICAN HEARTWORM SOCIET Y
RECOMMENDATIONS

Test pets for Give pets

heartworm heartworm
infection every 12 preventives 12
months months a year