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Success Stories
Brady, August 2003
Brady was found wandering along a busy highway near Tuttle, OK. The big chocolate male Lab had no owner that could be found, although a local veterinary clinic posted his description on both sides of their marquee sign. Lab Rescue OK, Inc. agreed to help find a home for Brady, but unfortunately he tested positive for heartworms. Brady would need medical treatment to kill the heartworms before he could be put up for adoption.
Brady is one of the many Labs and Lab-mixes whose heartworm treatment was funded with help from LABMED. Brady is one of the lucky dogs who can look forward to a healthy life as long as he receives a heartworm preventative on a regular basis. Heartworm is spread to dogs by mosquito bites and is detected by a blood test.
Prevention of heartworms is easy, but the treatment is hard on a dog. Heartworm preventatives kill the immature worms in a dog's blood and have little or no effect on the dog. Killing the adult worms is very stressful for a dog, requiring hospitalization and several weeks of limited activity to prevent damage to the lungs as the adult heartworms die.
Please help us to educate dog owners about heartworm disease. Not everyone is aware of how life-threatening heartworms can be and how easy it is to prevent them. There are very few areas of the US where heartworm is not a threat to the health of dogs for at least part of the year. Administering heartworm preventative on a regular basis is an important part of responsible dog ownership!
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