Take this brief risk assessment quiz to see if your pet is at risk for heartworm disease.

Is Your Pet at Risk for Heartworm Disease?

 YES NO
Does your pet go outside?
Are there mosquitoes outside your home?
Do mosquitoes get inside your home?
Have you seen mosquitoes at unlikely times of the year such as late into November and December or during unseasonably warm periods in January or February?
Do you travel with your pet to warm climates during Michigan's winter months?

If you answered YES to one or more of these questions, your pet IS at RISK for heartworm disease and should be on year-round heartworm preventative.

 

In fact, ALL DOGS and ALL CATS are AT RISK of being bitten by a mosquito and of contracting heartworm disease.  

Here's Why:

Mosquito Exposure Is Not Limited To Outside Areas Or Warm Weather

 

Pets can be exposed to infectious mosquitoes inside your home, in the car, in the garage, as well as in outdoor areas all year round.  With the onset of West Niles Virus, a deadly disease that is spread by mosquitoes to birds, humans, and horses, studies have found that mosquitoes will live in sewers during cold and freezing weather which allow these mosquitoes to quickly surface during warm winter days.   Which means ... heartworm disease is no longer a warm-weather occurrence in Michigan.

 

That is why your Maple Veterinary Hospital veterinarian RECOMMENDS yearly heartworm testing for dogs and year-round heartworm preventative for dogs and cats!