City dwellers and suburbanites alike may find it shocking to hear that pets who live in environments with low mosquito populations are still at risk for contracting heartworm. ''It only takes one infected mosquito to pass this devastating parasite onto your pet,'' warns Dr. Louise Murray, Director...
City dwellers and suburbanites alike may find it shocking to hear that pets who live in environments with low mosquito populations are still at risk for contracting heartworm. ''It only takes one infected mosquito to pass this devastating parasite onto your pet,'' warns Dr. Louise Murray, Director of Medicine at the ASPCA's Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital.(more)