Why does my pet need heart worm prevention all year?

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Dr. Tannetje Crocker · Answer

Why does my pet need heartworm prevention all year long? Well, the short answer is because mosquitoes around all year long, especially here in Texas. For I live in the south, we see mosquitoes, which transmit heartworm disease, to our pets all year. Now the best way to prevent them is that monthly pill or the injection, they can get at last six months to a year and it will kill them. Once you're infected right away and the worms will not have time to develop into adult worms in the heart. And cause major damage. Now, the other thing is, a lot of people don't think about heartworm prevention. Also has parasite prevention in it. And so for different types of worms, it will help prevent if your pet is outside and they are getting into things, it will help keep their intestines from having worms. So definitely recommend, heartworm, prevention year-round, you do not want your dog to get heartworms and mosquitoes are out there, so we want to protect them. Hope that helps.

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"Why does my pet need heart worm prevention all year?"