Unfortunately, even when your pup has been fully dewormed, the risk of becoming infected again will continue. The best way to protect your dog from intestinal worms is to have them on a monthly heartworm prevention product that also treats and controls common intestinal worms.
Can heartworm come back after treatment?
Approximately 6 months after treatment is completed, your veterinarian will perform a heartworm test to confirm that all heartworms have been eliminated. To avoid the possibility of your dog contracting heartworm disease again, you will want to administer heartworm prevention year-round for the rest of his life.
Does dewormer get rid of heartworm?
All of the worm preventative medications work against heartworms for this reason but the products vary in what other worms they prevent or treat. You should also initiate worm prevention after an active infestation in your pet to reduce the chance of them coming back.
Why is my dog still heartworm positive after treatment?
One female worm could survive and cause the test to be positive. If the worm burden was large before treatment then perhaps not all the worms died. n A new infection is possible if the monthly preventive was dosed incorrectly, or a dose was missed or accidently not ingested by the dog.
Does dog dewormer prevent heartworms?
Deworming medications kill the parasites your dog already has, and intestinal parasite preventives, most of which are given monthly, prevent future worm infections. Some products also kill fleas, ticks, and heartworms.
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