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Rising mosquito activity heading into the summer months poses an increased risk of transmitting heartworm disease to dogs, which can lead to damage of the heart, lungs and arteries if left untreated.

Somehow I let Valentine’s Day pass without talking about heartworms! This was a big lapse on my part that I will try to make up for now. Those of you who are less veterinary-inclined probably don’t ...

Heart disease is checked off for this month of hearts, but now we will move on to my other heart favorite-heartworm. Those of you who are less veterinary inclined probably don’t automatically ...

New Mexico faces more insecticide-resistant mosquitoes Heartworm is transmitted by mosquito bites and may infect dogs and cats American Heartwork Society discusses "slow kill" treatments Southern New ...

Mosquito bite on dog face while dog sleeping on grass fields.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/taaree) The D.C. area ranks second in the nation out of 200 metropolitan cities examined for cases of heartworm ...