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Graduate Student, Resident, and Intern Membership

Welcome! The American Heartworm Society is dedicated to serving all veterinary professionals -- including students.

Cost

We offer free student memberships for all current veterinary and graduate students in good standing. If you are not a veterinary student or graduate student, click here.

Student Benefits

AHS Bulletin Delivered to your Email Address
Access to All Paid-Member Online Resources at heartwormsociety.org
Reduced pricing on cetain educational materials available through our online store

Application Process

Click here and use the code AHSStudent when prompted to pay, discounting the Graduate/Resident membership to zero. You will also need to upload an image of your valid student ID. If you have any questions, send an email to sonya.hennessy@heartwormsociety.org.

2025 Abstract Submissions Closed

The abstract submission deadline has passed. For more information, please contact Lisa Scott at lisa.scott@heartwormsociety.org.

Heartworms Unraveled Signup

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Videos

Heartworm in Nontraditional Species (Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My!) (Bianca Zaffarano)

Exotics | Prevention
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Heartworm Life Cycle for Pet Owners

An overview of the heartworm lifecycle, with an emphasis on the importance of prevention.
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Heartworm Life Cycle for Professionals

An in-depth overview of heartworm life cycle and prevention that is useful for students, new staff, and veterinary professionals.
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Heartworm protection is better than a belly rub.

In this video reel, a happy dog shows love for the owner who protects him from heartworm infection

Canine | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals
Category: Video

Heartworm protection makes me happy (cats)

In this video reel, a content cat show love for the owner who protects him from heartworm infection

Feline | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals
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Heartworm Testing: The WHY and HOW of Heat-Treating Samples (Susan E. Little)

Canine | Diagnosis | Feline | Shelters
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Heartworms Unraveled: Canine Heartworm Disease Treatment Strategies

In this veterinary nurse/technician training video, veterinary practitioner and AHS past president Dr. Tom Nelson explains how canine heartworm infection is treated and provides an overview of the AHS treatment protocol, along with rationale for the various steps and their timing. CVT Paola Dominguez-Lopez concludes the video with a case study that illustrates how technicians can discuss heartworm treatment with clients and provides and overview of AHS resources on this topic.

Canine | Cost | Shelters | Treatment | Veterinary Professionals
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Heartworms Unraveled: Feline Heartworm Disease

In this veterinary nurse/technician training video, feline practitioner Dr. Mark Cousins, who practiced for decades at a cat-only clinic in New Orleans, provides an overview of feline heartworm disease, including an overview of the pathophysiology, clinical signs and diagnosis of this complex disease. CVT Paola Dominguez-Lopez concludes the video with a case study that illustrates how technicians can discuss and educate clients about this heartworm disease with cat owners and discusses educational resources that can be used in practice.

Heartworms Unraveled: Heartworm Biology and Lifecycle

This staff training video features veterinary parasitologist Dr. Andy Moorhead, who explains heartworm biology and the complex heartworm life cycle. In addition, veterinary technician Paola Dominiquez-Lopez uses a case study to help guide veterinary technicians in how to discuss the heartworm life cycle with clients.

Canine | Exotics | Feline | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals
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Heartworms Unraveled: Heartworm Epidemiology and Diagnosis

This staff training video features veterinary parasitologist Dr. Lindsay Starkey, who discusses the threat of heartworms, the disease epidemiology and the complexities of heartworm diagnosis. In addition, veterinary technician Paola Dominiquez-Lopez uses a case study to illustrate how to discuss heartworm testing--including the importance of annual testing--with clients.

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Veterinary Technician/Nurse Student Membership

Welcome! The American Heartworm Society is dedicated to serving all veterinary professionals -- including students.

Cost

We offer free student memberships for all current Veterinary Technician/Nurse students in good standing.

Student Benefits

AHS Bulletin Delivered to your Email Address
Access to All Paid-Member Online Resources at heartwormsociety.org
Reduced pricing on cetain educational materials available through our online store

Application Process

Click here and use the code TechStudent2025 when prompted to pay, discounting the student membership to zero. You will also need to upload an image of your valid student ID. If you have any questions, send an email to sonya.hennessy@heartwormsociety.org.

Renewal

Veterinary Technician/Nurse Student Memberships will be extended to June 15 of your anticipated graduation year.

Once you have completed your studies, you will no longer be eligible for a student membership, and you will need to upgrade to one of our very reasonably-priced, paid professional membership plans.

2025 Triennial Heartworm Symposium Abstract Submission Form

Thank you for your interest in submitting an abstract for the 2025 Triennial Symposium. The deadline for submitting is March 1, 2025. Authors will be notified of submission status no later than April 1, 2025. Please contact lisa.scott@heartwormsociety.org with any questions.

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Heartworm Resource Center Option 2

Seasons change but heartworm prevention doesn't

Thank you SOOO much for my heartworm prevention!

Category: Posters
Topics: Canine | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals
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Heartworm Prevention = Peace

Category: Posters
Topics: Feline | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals
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Life is Good When You're Heartworm-Free

Category: Posters
Topics: Canine | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals
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There's No Escaping Heartworms

Category: Posters
Topics: Canine | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals
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Heartworms (and Mosquitoes) are SCARY

Category: Posters
Topics: Feline | Pet Owners | Prevention | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals
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Student Membership

Welcome! The American Heartworm Society is dedicated to serving all veterinary professionals -- including students.

Cost

We offer free student memberships for all current veterinary and graduate students in good standing. If you are not a veterinary student or graduate student, click here.

Student Benefits

AHS Bulletin Delivered to your Email Address
Access to All Paid-Member Online Resources at heartwormsociety.org
Reduced pricing on cetain educational materials available through our online store

Application Process

Click here and use the code STU2024 when prompted to pay, discounting the student membership to zero. You will also need to upload an image of your valid student ID. If you have any questions, send an email to sonya.hennessy@heartwormsociety.org.

Renewal

Student Memberships will be extended automatically to June 15 of your anticipated graduation year and a Veterinary membership granted for one year post-graduation, courtesy of the American Heartworm Society.

Heartworm Preventives

The American Heartworm Society recommends year-round administration of medications approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prevent heartworm infection. Currently available preventives are listed below; as new products become available, updates will be posted at heartwormsociety.org. Consult the appropriate manufacturer for minimum age/weight, use during breeding/lactation, or other health requirements for product usage.

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Join the leading association on Heartworm education and prevention today!

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Membership Details

When warm weather hits, you will want to ramp up your heartworm education efforts. To help make this goal easy--and fun--the AHS has created a new set of posters to print or post on your social pages.

To save or print a poster, just click on the image below, then click on the “download” button and save the PDF file.
To save a poster for use on your social pages, simply open the downloaded poster, then right click on the file and follow the menu instructions to save the file as a JPEG image.