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| 117.1 | | LAUREL::REMILLARD | | Tue Jul 23 1985 10:06 | 5 |
| I HAVE HEARD OF THIS ALSO.... IT SEEMS VERY ISOLATED THOUGH.
THE AREAS THAT MAY HAVE A FEW CASES ARE VERY MUCH INFESTED
AND THERE HAVE BEEN CASES IN PEOPLE TOO.
SUSAN
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| 117.2 | | BERGIL::WIX | | Tue Jul 23 1985 10:42 | 7 |
| When I asked my cats' veterinarian about this she said that it was a
problem in the SE but not in New England.
.wIx.
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| 117.3 | | RAVEN1::HEFFELFINGER | | Thu Jul 25 1985 14:36 | 13 |
| I wouldn't go so far as to say that it is problem in the southeast.
I've been here (South Carolina) for 16 years and have owned cats the entire
time. I also worked for a vet for 2 years of that time. I have never seen
a cat with heart worms. Furthur, my vets have never reccomended any kind of
prevention like they do for other things that cats are likely to get.
I would believe that they are more likely here than up there, because
all parasites flourish in the hot humid weather we have. (You don't know
fleas til you've lived in our climate. They love our summers and the
winters are not severe enought to really kill them off bewteen seasons.)
But it's more a matter of happening 2 in a blue moon as compared to once in
a blue moon.
tlh
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| 117.4 | An ounce of prevention... | DSSDEV::COLLINS | | Fri May 09 1986 10:14 | 11 |
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If the heartworm that attacks dogs is the same vermin in cats then
it's not just a SE problem. I'm originally from New Jersey and our dog (a
Newfoundland) died of heartworm. After this experience we learned there are
simple effective ways to prevent it - namely some solution you place on their
food. There is a season for Heartworm, it's related to the mosquitos that
carry it. Talk to a vet, the preventive steps are simple and cost effective.
/harry
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