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1C LIFESTYLE MansfieldNewsJournal.comSunday,March30,2014 DEARABBY9C VeterinarianDr.JodiHouseralwaysknew heartwormsweredangerous. andwassufferingfromcongestiveheartfailure thattheconsequencesofthediseasereallysunk in. andoperatesNewarkVeterinaryHospitalin Newark. Heartwormdiseaseisaseriousandpoten- tiallyfatalconditioncausedbyparasiticworms livinginthearteriesofthelungsandoccasion- HeartwormSociety. TheCompanionAnimalParasiteCouncil listsOhioasastatewithmoderateheartworm activityonitsparasiteprevalencemap, www.capcvet.org/parasite-prevalence-maps.

Thediseaseisspreadwhenamosquitoin- grateintootherareasofthebody. Dogsarethedefinitivehostsforheart- thedisease.Indogs,heartwormshavethepo- tentialtoreachupto12inchesinlengthonce sevenyears. Catsaremuchmoreresistanthostsandtend tohavefewerandsmallerheartwormsthan donotneedtodevelopintoadultstocausesig- nificantpulmonarydamagetocats. Thereiscurrentlynoformoftreatment availableforcatswhoareinfectedbecause theirbodiescannottoleratethedrugsusedto killheartworms. Butjustbecausedogscanbetreatedfor givingheartwormtreatmentisdoingchemo- therapy.Idreadhavingtodoheartwormtreat- TheAmericanHeartwormSocietyrecom- mendedtreatmentforheartwormsisknownas lyeliminatesmostheartworminfections.

Assoonasadogisdiagnosedwithheart- medicationtopreventnewinfectionsfromoc- curring.Thedogalsomustbeconfinedatall timesthroughoutthetreatmentperiodandhave itsexerciselimited. Theinfecteddogwillbegivenanantibiotic for30daysthatkillsthebacteriathatliveinthe heartwormsandhelpthemtosurviveandre- produce. Twomonthsafterthepreventionmedication MarthaCangemiholdsherbeagle wastreatedandhasrecovered fromheartworms. JASONJ. HEARTWORMS PREVENTABLE ByEmilyMaddern CentralOhio.com LEARNMOREABOUT HEARTWORMS Formoreinformationaboutthepreventionand society.organdheartwormtoolkit.com.

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