Here are five facts pet owners should know about heartworm disease, a disease that affects more than a million pets in the U.S.

1. 5 FACTS
EVERY PET OWNER
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
HEARTWORM DISEASE

2. Pets don’t infect each
other with heartworms;
pesky mosquitoes
spread the disease.
#1: Blame the mosquito!

3. In fact, just ONE BITE
from an infected
mosquito is all it takes
to infect your pet with
heartworms.

4. #2: Heartworm infection has been
diagnosed in all 50 states.

5. That’s why all pets—big or
small, indoor or outdoor,
old or young—need
heartworm protection.

6. #3: Cats as well as dogs get
heartworm disease.

7. And unlike dogs, cats
have no approved
medications to treat
heartworm infection.

8. #4: There’s no season
for heartworm disease.

9. That’s why the American
Heartworm Society recommends
year-round prevention.

10. #5: Heartworms are deadly ...

11. … but heartworm prevention
is affordable, highly
effective and easy to give.

12. AMERICAN HEARTWORM SOCIETY
RECOMMENDATIONS
Test pets for
heartworm
infection every 12
months
Give pets
heartworm
preventives 12
months a year