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Any Dog Could Be
Infected, Anywhere

Clinical Signs Versus External Signs

Damage happens before standard heartworm antigen tests turn positive.1

Heartworm-positive heart Heart showing vascular damage Heart showing significant pulmonary damage

The heart of a heartworm-positive dog is dissected to the level of the pulmonary valve.

A normal pulmonary artery like this can suffer damage from one or two heartworms long before diagnosis.

Significant pulmonary damage can occur in as little as 5 months.1

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Heartworm Disease Has Been Diagnosed in All 50 States2

>21% Increase in the average number of cases of canine heartworm disease*4

Average number of cases per reporting clinic:

  • <1 cases/clinic
  • 1-5 cases/clinic
  • 6-25 cases/clinic
  • 26-50 cases/clinic
  • 51-99 cases/clinic
  • >100 cases/clinic

Heartworm Disease Incidence 2016 Map3

2007 Incidence Map 2013 Incidence Map 2016 Incidence Map

2007 2013 2016

Prevention Is Less Expensive Than Treatment

Treatment isn’t just expensive

  • It involves multiple injections of arsenic-based melarsomine dihydrochloride next to the spine, and often requires hospitalization5
  • Heartworm disease leaves the dog with serious and permanent damage to invaded organs even after the worms are gone1
  • The process of treatment is a miserable experience for dogs, pet owners, and veterinarians
Illustration of balancing scales showing heartworm prevention vs heartworm treatment

Heartworm Prevention vs Treatment6

Illustration of balancing scales showing heartworm prevention vs heartworm treatment

*Per veterinary clinic 2013-2016.
Average cost for a 40-lb dog.

 

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Known in Australia as ProHeart SR-12.

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Reference: 1. Jones, S. Heartworm disease: What lies beneath; DVM 360, April 19, 2018. 2. AHS Canine Guidelines 2018. https://d3ft8sckhnqim2.cloudfront.net/images/pdf/2018-AHS-Canine-Guidelines-181114.pdf?1542248135. 3. Heartworm Incidence Maps. https://www.heartwormsociety.org/veterinary-resources/incidence-maps. Accessed March 8, 2019. 4. Drake, Jason and Scott Wiseman. Increasing incidence of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs in USA with focus on the southeast region 2013 – 2016. Parasites & Vectors (2018) 11:39. 5. Rehm C. Do your heartworm protocols need an update? DVM 360. http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/do-your-heartworm-protocols-need-update. Posted February 11, 2019. Accessed March 7, 2019. 6. The costs of heartworm treatment. American Heartworm Society. https://d3ft8sckhnqim2.cloudfront.net/images/infographics/0010-weigh-the-costs.jpg. Accessed January 23, 2019.

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