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Success StoriesEmily, August 2003
This sweet 3-year-old female black Lab was rescued from a shelter near Lebanon, TN by a group called Canine and Feline Rescue. Emily was placed in a foster home and given a complete veterinary exam. Like so many rescued stray Labs, Emily tested positive for heartworms. Emily is one of the many Labs and Lab-mixes whose heartworm treatment was funded with help from LABMED. Emily is one of the lucky dogs who can look forward to a healthy life as long as she 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 hard on a dog, requiring hospitalization and four 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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