[aimee]

Hi Jenn H,

I wanted to comment on this statement you made for others who read it.

“For heartworm I have their fecal tested every 4 months. Before the parasites reach the worm stage. This way if something shows up they can take the preventatives at that point, but not have to have the full blown heartworm treatment.”

I’m assuming that it is a simple “typo” when you said you have your dog’s feces tested every 4 months for heartworm, but for clarification I wanted to correct that error as it is blood that is tested not feces.

The current antigen heartworm tests detect the presence of a protein from adult female worms. The test does not detect the parasites in the larval form. If the test is positive, with the rare exception of a false positive test result, adult heartworms are present and “full blown” heartworm treatment will be needed.