Learn how to protect your cat from feline heartworm disease. Heartworm disease in cats, though less common than in dogs, can be fatal and often presents with subtle or sudden, severe symptoms.

Dog owners may be familiar with heartworm medication used to address infection in canines, but no such option is available to treat heartworms in cats. According to the American Heartworm Society, the ...

Pet Health Alert: We are barely through two months of 2012 and I have already had three dogs test positive for heartworms! Heartworm antigen tests only pick up worms that are at least six months old, ...

Dog owners are often advised to prevent heartworm infections with drugs called parasiticides, but their widespread use has ...

Such evidence suggests early heartworms evolved alongside canines millions of years ago. Mosquitoes existed long before ...