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  • Client Brochure: Heartworm Disease In Cats

    cat owners to read, yet detailed enough to provide essential knowledge of the disease, carefully stressing the need for prevention. This is an excellent take-home piece that can also be mailed in letter-sized envelopes as part of your feline heartworm...

  • 2022

    a multi-block downtown destination that is vibrant with art, entertainment, and dining. Program topics include heartworm prevention, diagnosis and treatment; heartworm epidemiology and biology; and shelter and community medicine. The conference is...

  • Guidelines for canine heartworm disease are updated

    The American Heartworm Society is providing new practice guidance for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of parasitic infection in dogs The Canine Heartworm Guidelines by the American Heartworm Society (AHS) has been newly revised. These published...

  • Client Brochure: Heartworm Disease In Cats (Spanish)

    cat owners to read, yet detailed enough to provide essential knowledge of the disease, carefully stressing the need for prevention. This is an excellent take-home piece that can also be mailed in letter-sized envelopes as part of your feline heartworm...

  • Client Brochure: Heartworm Disease In Dogs (Spanish)

    is clear and comfortable for dog owners to read, yet specific enough to provide fundamental knowledge and an emphasis on prevention. This is an excellent take-home piece and can be mailed in letter-sized envelopes as part of your canine heartworm...

  • Client Brochure: Heartworm Disease In Dogs (French)

    is clear and comfortable for dog owners to read, yet specific enough to provide fundamental knowledge and an emphasis on prevention. This is an excellent take-home piece and can be mailed in letter-sized envelopes as part of your canine heartworm...

  • Client Brochure: Heartworm Disease In Cats (French)

    cat owners to read, yet detailed enough to provide essential knowledge of the disease, carefully stressing the need for prevention. This is an excellent take-home piece that can also be mailed in letter-sized envelopes as part of your feline heartworm...

  • Client Brochure: Heartworm Disease In Dogs

    is clear and comfortable for dog owners to read, yet specific enough to provide fundamental knowledge and an emphasis on prevention. This is an excellent take-home piece and can be mailed in letter-sized envelopes as part of your canine heartworm...

  • Think 12 Fact Sheets

    Prevention all year long There is no "off-season" for heartworm prevention and treatment. The handouts below make perfect value-added conversation starters with clients and prospective patients. Feel free to print and distribute in your practice....

  • Heartworm Life Cycle Illustration

    life cycle you would prefer to download and print. Heartworm Life Cycle (Pet Owners) Category: Posters Canine | Feline | Prevention | Diagnosis | Life Cycle | Veterinary Professionals | Pet Owners Download PDF Heartworm Life Cycle (Veterinary...

  • Heartworm University - December 2023

    issues while integrating essential disease pathophysiology, diagnostics, screening and testing, treatment protocols, prevention strategies, and pet owner counseling. This program has been submitted but not yet approved for 4 hours of continuing...

  • Heartworm University

    issues while integrating essential disease pathophysiology, diagnostics, screening and testing, treatment protocols, prevention strategies, and pet owner counseling. Upcoming Heartworm University Events Heartworm University provides practical clinical...

  • Weigh the Costs (Spanish)

    When you compare the cost of heartworm prevention vs. heartworm treatment, heartworm prevention is much more cost-effective.

  • Managing Dogs Treated with Non-AHS Protocols

    When treating dogs for heartworm, what's the difference in efficacy between two and three injections of melarsomine? Dr. Angele Bice breaks it down.

  • Heartworm Diagnostics: Antigen Tests Alone Aren’t Enough

    How reliable are patient-side heartworm antigen tests? Veterinary parasitologist Dr. Lindsay Starkey explains.

  • The States of Heartworm Incidence

    What does the latest AHS survey say about heartworm incidence? Dr. Chris Duke explains.

  • The Wrath and Aftermath of Hurricanes

    How can hurricanes lead to increases in heartworm incidence? There's a link, according to veterinary cardiologist Dr. Clarke Atkins.

  • Understanding Heartworm Disease

    videos produced by the American Heartworm Society help you communicate the importance of early heartworm diagnosis and prevention. Feel free to post them on your social media platforms to promote your practice and increase understanding. Direct...

  • AHS Announces Findings of New Heartworm Incidence Survey

    Survey of U.S. veterinarians uncovers per-practice increase in heartworm-positive cases Wilmingon, DE (April 17, 2017)—While the hotbeds of heartworm disease haven’t changed dramatically in the past three years, the incidence numbers reported by...

  • New Heartworm Life Cycle Diagrams Released

    About Heartworm. A clear understanding of the heartworm life cycle is vital in getting clients on board with year-round prevention, and pet owners who understand the rationale for your heartworm prevention and treatment recommendations are more likely...

  • American Heartworm Society Convenes 12th Triennial Heartworm Symposium

    International Experts Present Latest Research on Heartworm Disease

  • No Safe Haven From Heartworm

    Survey finds heartworm nationwide

  • AHS Announces Findings of 2010 Heartworm Incidence Survey

    Persistence of Heartworms Calls for Veterinary Vigilance About Protection

  • Home

    Guidelines for Testing, Prevention and Treatment of Heartworm Disease During the COVID-19 Crisis Heartworm management is a cornerstone of pet health care. However, the urgent need to reduce the risk of virus transmission during the current COVID-19...

  • 2018 Canine Heartworm Guidelines

    New priorities include clarifying testing recommendations and avoiding shortcuts during treatment. The American Heartworm Society (AHS) has updated its canine heartworm guidelines to focus on reducing heartworm transmission, clarifying testing...

  • Prevent Heartworms in Dogs, Cats, and Ferrets Year-Round

    The bad news: Heartworm disease can be fatal to dogs, cats, and ferrets. The good news: You can protect your pet from this disease.

  • Heartworm: Where Are We Today?

    Warnings and reports about pets infected with Dirofilaria immitis in the United States are not unusual. In fact, canine heartworms were first discovered on the southern US coast in 1856.1 What should be making headlines is the fact that despite the...

  • Sleeping is Easy

    Poster with sleeping cat urges us to help their cats sleep easy with heartworm prevention

  • This Hat May Tell You...

    Poster with dog in a silly orange hat reminds us that heartworm prevention is the smart thing to do

  • Heartworm protection is like a warm blanke

    This poster depicts a happy dog and cat, relaxing under the "blanket" of heartworm prevention.

  • Don't Try to Out-Smart Mosquitoes

    This infographic explains that because you can't outsmart mosquitoes, pet's need year-round heartworm prevention.

  • Heartworm Life Cycle Illustration

    staff members or educating pet owners, the life cycle illustrations below can be used to help you explain transmission, prevention, testing and treatment of this important parasite. The American Heartworm Society has updated the heartworm life cycle for...

  • "If she forgets (dog)"

    This poster emphasizes the importance of remembering to give dogs their heartworm prevention ON TIME.

  • "If she forgets (cat)"

    This poster emphasizes the importance of remembering to give cats their heartworm prevention ON TIME.

  • "It's cool to be heartworm free"

    This poster reminds dog owners that heartworm prevention helps keep dogs happy and healthy.

  • The Revised American Heartworm Society Feline Heartworm Disease Guidelines: Can We Detect, Prevent, And Better Manage These Cases?

    only when overt clinical signs point to the problem, and to refrain from recommending routine heartworm testing and prevention in cats. The result: feline heartworm disease today is misunderstood, underdiagnosed and undermanaged.

  • American Heartworm Society updates feline guidelines

    persistent underdiagnosis and undermanagement of heartworm disease in cats, and provides more robust data on prevention, testing and treatment, according to AHS.1 The guidelines update was spearheaded by a committee of AHS board members. The revisions...

  • American Heartworm Society Announces Updated Guidelines on Management of Feline Heartworm Disease

    Springs, NC—Persistent underdiagnosis and undermanagement of heartworm disease in cats, along with more robust data on prevention, testing and treatment, recently led the American Heartworm Society (AHS) to update their Feline Heartworm Guidelines for...

  • Heartworm Guidelines

    Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Management of Heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) Infection in Dogs and Cats.

  • Mosquitoes are still in "season"

    This poster reminds pet owners not to rely on "seasonal" heartworm prevention

  • Don't "fall" for heartworm "fall" myths

    This poster explains that the idea that pets can stop heartworm prevention in the fall is a myth

  • There's No Season for Heartworms

    Heartworm transmission doesn't have a "season." That's why the AHS recommends year-round heartworm prevention.

  • I'm Jumping for Joy!

    This social media poster emphasizes the importance of year-round heartworm prevention for dogs.

  • Just checking in!

    In this video reel, a cat checks in on his owner about giving heartworm prevention

  • I'm fresh, clean and heartworm-free!

    In this video reel, a bathing cat feels fresh and clean, thanks to heartworm prevention

  • AHS updates heartworm guidelines for dogs

    American Heartworm Society (AHS) published on April 9 an updated version of its Canine Heartworm Guidelines on heartworm prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

  • American Heartworm Society Announces Updated Guidelines on Management of Canine Heartworm Disease

    – The American Heartworm Society (AHS) has published an updated version of their Canine Heartworm Guidelines on heartworm prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The update, available on the AHS website, was completed after a thorough scientific review by...

  • COVID-19 AHS Recommendation (April 2020)

    Guidance on handling deviations from heartworm prevention, testing, and treatment necessitated by practice changes during the initial weeks and months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Think 12 Series: There's no such thing as a heartworm free zone. (Winter)

    Keeping pets on year-round heartworm prevention is the best way to protect them from "surprise" infections.

  • Heartworm Tall Tales - Cost

    Heartworm prevention can save you money in the long run AND save your pet's life.


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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.

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