Heartworm disease has been growing incessantly and unpredictably in all the states of the USA. Even after the umpteen efforts to control the menace with different methodologies and procedures, the initiatives are falling flat. If reports from American heartworm Society are to be believed, heartworms are gradually developing resistance against the ivermectin and milbemycin oxime that were approved as microfilariae preventing drugs by FDA in 1990. According to the investigation reports submitted to the FDA, the complaints connoted a troubling increase in heartworm incidences due to the resistance Dirofilaria immitis against these drugs. However, researchers still recommend continuing these preventatives as it is the only way available currently, to save the pets from unrecognized, impending dangers of the heartworm disease that is slowly gaining momentum. Even after constant efforts put forward to promote testing and prevention of heartworms, Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) revealed that there are still millions of canines in the USA that have not received any sort of protection yet. When the heartworm tests were performed in the southern states like Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia, researchers found that the positive tests noted outnumbered the total number of tests conducted. This data has grown serious concern regarding the number of cases that will be surging in the coming years if the heartworm prevention is not taken seriously. Another study conducted by researchers specifically on the 18 animal shelters in the Mississippi counties revealed that shelter dogs living in poor conditions are at greater risk of developing the disease due to poor living conditions and higher chances of not receiving proper treatments compared to the ones owned by people. Declining immunity due to low-level care and obesity were some of the major causes of heartworm infections in these poor animals. Researchers inferred that people in all the states of the USA, especially southern areas require proper awareness regarding heartworm disease. Besides, the regions are also in dire need of an accurate detection and prevention management as well as treatment methodologies to combat the vicious ailment snaking up the health ladder of canines. Heartworm Disease - Preventive Ways
Little efforts count a lot while controlling a disease. So, make sure you try every possible way to prevent this menace.
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