BAGEL AND
LEMONCAN BE USED TO CLEAN YOUR
HOUSE.
THEY ACTUALLY WORK.
EDEN.
>> Eden: TIME NOW FOR RIVER
CITY PETS.
WE ALL LOVE OUR PETS SO MUCH AND
WE WANT THEM TO BE SAFE AND
HEALTHY.
HERE IN FLORIDA THERE IS A
POTENTIALLY FATAL CONDITION THAT
-- WELL, YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD
OF IT.
HEARTWORM.
IT IS PREVENTABLE.
HERE TO TELL US HOW WE CAN MAKE
SURE OUR BETS DON'T SUFFER FROM
HEARTWORM, DOCTOR MIKE FROM
SIXTH STREET VETS.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
HOW DO PETS GET HEARTWORM?
>>THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN GET IT
IS BY BEING BITTEN BY A
MOSQUITO.
THEY CAN'T GET IT FROM OTHER
PETS AND REALLY THEY ONLY NEED
TO BE OUTSIDE FOR A SHORT TIME.
JUST ONE MOSQUITO BITE CAN GIVE
IT TO THEM.
ALMOST EVERY MOSQUITO THAT WE
HAVE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
CARRIES HEARTWORM.
EVEN IF YOUR PET LIVES MOSTLY
INDOORS, THAT IS ENOUGH TIME AND
THEY NEED TO BE ON PREVENTION.
>> Eden: DO WE HAVE A RISK OF
HEARTWORM?
>> WE COULD BE BITTEN BY A
MOSQUITO THAT HAS IT, BY IT ONLY
INFECTS DOGS AND CATS.
COYOTES CAN GET IT.
IF WE DO GET BITTEN BY A
HEARTWORM INFECTED MOSQUITO IT
CAN GO TO OUR LUNGS AN CAUSE A
SCAR, WHICH IS SOMETIMES
MISTAKEN FOR CANCER, BUT REALITY
WISE, WE ARE NOT AT ANY RISK.
>> Eden: ONE DOG ISN'T GIVING
HEARTWORM TO ANOTHER.
>> EXACTLY.
ONLY FROM A MOSQUITO.
>> Eden: I WANT TO GET TO THE
SYMPTOMS OF HEARTWORM, BUT
BEFORE WE DO THAT SAY YOU ARE
DOING A RESCUE OF A DOG AND THE
DO ALREADY HAS HEARTWORM --
>> I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE
AFRAID TO GET THEIR DOG TESTED
FOR HEARTWORM.
MANY DOGS CAN LIVE WITH IT FOR
YEARS AND DO JUST FINE.
SYMPTOMS, THE MOST COMMON
SYMPTON IS NO SYMPTOMS AT ALL.
THE WAY WE DIAGNOSE IT IS WITH A
SIMPLE BLOOD TEST.
IT TAKES EIGHT MINUTES TO RUN AT
YOUR VETERINARY CLINIC.
>> Eden: SO WITH NO SYMPTOMS AT
ALL YOU NEED TO GET THE TEST,
BUT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT
COULD INDAY KATE A PROBLEM.
>> SURE.
A COUGH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
MOST COMMON SYMPTOMS THAT WE
SEE.
THEN AS THE DISEASE ADVANCES,
BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THE ARTERIES
AND VEINS GOING TO THE LUNGS,
YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY HAVE
TROUBLE BREATHING.
THEY MAY HAVE AN OVERALL DECLINE
IN THEIR CONDITION.
AND THEY MAY HAVE WHAT WE CALL
EXERCIS
EXERCISE INTOLERANCE, NOW THEY
GET HALFWAY ACROSS THE YARD,
THEY GET OUT OF BREATH AND HAVE
TO GIVE UP.
>> Eden: YOU CAN TELL A DECLINE
IN THE OVERALL WELL BEING OF
YOUR PET.
YOU KNOW THEM WELL ENOUGH.
>> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE
AS VETS IN FLORIDA DO WITH A DOG
THAT HAS DEVELOPED A COUGH AND
LOST WEIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO
TEST FOR THAT.
>> Eden: SO LET'S JUST PREVENT
IT.
HOW DO WE DO THAT?
>> THERE IS A WIDE VARIETY OF
PREVENTIONS.
MOST OF OUR PREVENTATIVES ARE A
CHEWABLE PRODUCT.
THEY ARE TASTY TREATS.
MY DOG LOVES THEM.
THEY ARE USUALLY GIVEN ONCE A
MONTH.
THERE IS AN INJECTION GIVEN
EVERY SIX MONTHS.
TO PICK THE RIGHT PRODUCT IS
WHERE YOU WANT TO GO TO YOUR
FAMILY VET, GET YOUR DOG TESTED
AND ON TO PREVENTION.THESE ARE
ALMOST 100% EFFECTIVE.
IT IS USUALLY DOSED BY THEIR
WEIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO WEIGHT YOUR DOG
AND GET YOU ON THE RIGHT
PRODUCT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF COMBINATION
PRODUCTS.
SOME DO FLEE AND TICK CONTROL.
IF YOU THINK YOU ARE ON A
COMBINATION PRODUCT DOUBLE CHECK
WITH YOUR VET.
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING LOTS OF
PEOPLE LATELY WHOSE DOGS ARE ON
A FLEE PRODUCT AND THINK THEY
ARE ON HEARTWORM PREVENTION, BUT
ARE NOT.
>> Eden: IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
VET AND WANT TO LEARN MORE --
YOU HAVE TO COME BACK AND SEE
US.
YOU CAN VISIT WITH DOCTOR --
CALL904-259-2200.