Videos

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

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

Canine | Feline | Diagnosis | 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 | Treatment | Shelters | Veterinary Professionals | Cost
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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 | Feline | Exotics | 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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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.