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Heartworm disease is cause by a common parasite. The life cycle begins when an infected mosquito transmits larvae to your pet. The larvae migrate through the tissues and reach the lungs and heart approximately 4 months after infection. Once in a dog's heart, the worms can grow up to 11 inches in length and significantly reduce the quality of life for your pet. If left untreated it can result in death.

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 Effective Heartworm Medication Brands are: Interceptor (made by Novartis), Heartgard and Heartgard Plus (by Merial), Sentinel (by Novartis), Revolution (by Pfizer Animal Health)

Ascarids and Hookworms

The CDC has this to say:

Ascarids (Toxocara canis, T. cati) and hookworms (Ancylostoma spp.) are common intestinal parasites of dogs and cats (referred to here as pets).  Not only can ascarids and hookworms cause disease in their respective hosts, they are also well-known causes of larva migrans syndromes in humans, especially children. While ascarids and hookworms are most commonly diagnosed in puppies and kittens, infections can occur in dogs and cats of all ages.  Dogs can also become infected with Baylisascaris procyonis, the common raccoon ascarid, which can cause serious disease in other animals and humans.

Ascarids and hookworms infect dogs and cats. Learn the early signs of illness, and when pets are at greatest risk for infection (in utero and when nursing).

Ascarids and hookworms cause disease in humans, especially in children whose play habits and attraction to pets put them at increased risk.

Prophylactic treatment of pregnant and nursing pets and their offspring can protect their pets from becoming infected, thus preventing them from shedding eggs into, and contaminating, the environment.

Get regular diagnostic fecal examinations of pups or kittens or prophylactic treatment of older pets.
The need for prompt collection and disposal of pet feces, especially in areas where children play, to remove eggs from the environment before they can become a problem.


Keep children away from areas that may be contaminated with pet feces.

For effective flea and tick treatment use the following medications:

Heartgard | Revolution | Sentinel | Interceptor