Parasitology

We can do better than, Look, it doesnt mean your dog has a tick-borne disease, but it doesnt not mean that.

Much less of an occasional blip and more of a perpetual ping, the tick invasion is already in your area. Help your clients batten down the hatches and protect their pets.

Pet hospital's charity has been actively helping to keep pets in Puerto Rico safe and healthy amid disasters.

New research shows that Toxoplasma gondii may be more harmful to the adult human brain than once thought.

Offer your clients pet-friendly advice to safety manage a range of pests, from fleas and mosquitoes to rodents and other creepy-crawlies.

Yes, price and income affect the demand for veterinary services. But in the case of nutrition, education may be just as important.

This pet has been treated multiple times for similar findings, can you figure out whats going on with the beagle mix?

Use CAPC's maps and dvm360's videos, handouts, and ready-made social media posts to help your veterinary care team in your client education efforts on Lyme disease.

The plague has resurfaced, this time in two separate Arizona counties.

Heartworms: They're disgusting. They're dangerous. Pet owners shouldn't want them. Here's what veterinary practices and team members are doing to get clients on board with preventing heartworms.

Up-to-date CAPC maps can help your veterinary care team in your client education efforts on heartwormare you using them?

Is it worth the fight to keep parasite preventive sales in your veterinary practice? Respondents to recent dvm360 parasitology surveys weigh in.

To help you arm up weve got all the resources you need, from client handouts to prevention toolkits, to help you and your veterinary client in battle.

Parasitologist, human allergist, entomologist shine a spotlight on this spotted tick.

Equine veterinarians can educate horse owners and farm managers about the risk of using a same-old, same-old approach to dewormingand offer a custom approach for each farm.

The cat, which had history of heartworm disease, presented with rear leg lameness.

Researchers have found that the chance of finding a tick on someone in your household doubles if you own a dog or cat, potentially increasing the risk for tickborne disease transmission among people.

These minuscule beasties can wreak havoc across animal species (and your veterinary clients, too). Here are tips to stop 'em.

Powassan doesn't affect pets (at least that we know of yet), but the rest of us need to remain vigilant about ticks for our own sake, says CVC educator Dr. Richard Gerhold.

Pat Smith, president of the Lyme Disease Association, says the growing spread of Lyme disease has made it imperative for the veterinary community and human medical community to collaborate.

Expert insight on the number of cases and trends of heartworm disease throughout the United States, plus tips for improving client compliance with preventive medicines.

Are modern flea control products ineffective? A review of recent research answers this important question.

Could topical treatment with moxidectin/imidacloprid plus oral doxycycline be a viable alternative to the melarsomine protocol in treating heartworm disease?

Pat Smith, president of the Lyme Disease Association, explains how the Companion Animal Parasite Council collects data on the prevalence of certain parasites in the U.S. and Canada.

A recent study has found that hundreds of thousands of cats in the United States are likely infected with heartworms—and that may be a low estimate.