{"id":37489,"date":"2023-07-25T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/?guid=cf845e68d54bb55930f1bf55212b9e4e"},"modified":"2023-07-25T12:09:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T12:09:39","slug":"map-your-pets-risk-of-deadly-heartworms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/map-your-pets-risk-of-deadly-heartworms\/","title":{"rendered":"Map your pet\u2019s risk of deadly heartworms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(BPT) – Heartworms are one of the most common – and preventable – threats to pet health. Sadly, owners who think their pets’ risk is low may unknowingly be taking a pass on protecting them from heartworms. To help both veterinarians and pet owners better understand this threat, the American Heartworm Society<\/a> (AHS) periodically conducts nationwide surveys of veterinary practices to see where the heartworms are. From their latest AHS survey,<\/a> you can learn more about how heartworms spread (yes, mosquitoes are to blame), where heartworm-positive pets are being diagnosed, and why heartworms are now being found in regions once thought to be heartworm-free.<\/p>\n

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(BPT) – Heartworms are one of the most common – and preventable – threats to pet health. Sadly, owners who think their pets’ risk is low may unknowingly be taking a pass on protecting them from heartworms. To help both veterinarians and pet owners bett…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":37491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[718],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pets","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}