Heartworm

Compassion Fatigue - Shelter Overcrowding - Veterinary Clinic Management - Shelter Statistics - Heartworm - Behavior - Access to Veterinary Care

Top Research Priorities Confronting critical threats To Animal Welfare…

Feline heartworm in clinical settings in a high… Published on February 10, 2022 Alberigi B, Campos DR, Branco AS, Bendas A, Brum RP, Calixto R, Alves LC, Pinheiro Júnior JW, Knackfuss FB, Labarthe N,…

Alberigi B, Campos DR, Branco AS, Bendas A, Brum RP, Calixto R, Alves LC, Pinheiro Júnior JW, Knackfuss FB, Labarthe N, Levy JK, Mendes-de-Almeida F. Front Vet Sci. 2022 Feb 10;9:819082. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.819082. PMID: 35224084…

Lane JN, Litster A, Little SE, Rodriguez JY, Mwacalimba KK, Sundstrom KD, Amirian ES, Guerios SD, Serrano MA, Hays KM, Levy JK. Parasit Vectors. 2021 Apr 26;14(1):224. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04715-4. PMID: 33902687…

A new study found that, despite availability of preventives, 1 in 4 dogs and 1 in 5 cats taken in as strays to Florida shelters have been infected with heartworm.

Hays KM, Rodriguez JY, Little SE, Litster AL, Mwacalimba KK, Sundstrom KD, Amodie DM, Serrano MA, Guerios SD, Lane JN, Levy JK. Vet Parasitol X. 2020 Jun 12;4:100027. doi: 10.1016/j.vpoa.2020.100027. PMID: 32904770…

Heartworm-positive dogs are challenging to get adopted anywhere. So how did Alachua County Animal Services adopt 11 of them out in one day?

Have you ever tested a dog in your shelter who you were certain would be heartworm positive, only to have the test come back negative? A new testing technique may reveal that dog is positive after all.

Do you think treating heartworm in shelter dogs is expensive, difficult, and impractical? Would it surprise you to know that veterinarians and students of the UF Veterinary Community Outreach Program have developed a treatment plan that's affordable and successful?