Archive for June, 2010

Jun 12 2010

Ticks and Dogs

Published by Noriko under Dog Care,Dog Health

Ticks can transmit serious diseases to animals and people (ticks themselves do not cause the disease; it is the bacteria harbored and transmitted by ticks causing the disease) and it only takes one tick bite to be infected by dangerous, sometimes even fatal, tick-borne disease. There are many different types of ticks throughout the United [...]

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Jun 12 2010

Heartworm Disease in Dogs

Published by Noriko under Dog Care,Dog Health

Every summer our dogs are exposed to a potentially deadly disease called heartworm disease. Heartworms are parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. We cannot prevent mosquitoes from coming back every summer, but we CAN prevent the dangerous parasites they carry to infest our dogs! Heartworm disease (also known as dirofilariasis) is a serious and potentially life-threatening disease [...]

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