Message Number: SG9771 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: katharine@nettally.com
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 20:07:35 +0100 (BST)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Heartworms, Lyme, and Distemper
Message-ID: <657337.1091387255079.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Dr. Sue:
Are you saying that no ferret should be put on heartworm preventive until they are tested? I thought I had read, in the past (don't know where), that it wasn't necessary to test ferrets prior to beginning preventive treatment. All of mine have been on monthly prevention, year-round, for several years. Have I just been lucky?
Katharine
Author wrote:
So if the little once was exposed recently, tested negative for adults and started on prevention then he should be fine since you are killing them off before they develop.
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