From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2004-02-26 23:14:20 UTC
Subject: RE: Heartworm Treatment Questions
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1612987.1077837260700.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Author wrote:
> Are there any new treatments that anyone is using for
> heartworms. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Dr. Cottrell (formerly Kemmerer - she just got married!) reports excellent =
results with ProHeart for the treatment of heartworms. This IS the new tre=
atment. Here's what she says: =
"I have used ProHeart in four heartworm-positive ferrets with excellent res=
ults. All four ferrets not only survived, but thrived and tested negative s=
ix to twelve months post-injection. All ferrets received a single dose of 0=
.1 cc=92s regardless of weight."
Previous methods had about a 50/50 survival rate. She also reports questio=
nable results with ultrasound for the diagnosis of heartworms and recommend=
s the IDEXX Snap heartworm antigen test.
Sounds to me like you're on the right track with the current plan for the I=
DEXX test and treatment with ProHeart.
You can read Dr. C's article in its entirety here... http://www.miamiferret=
.org/fhc/heartworm.htm
mike
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