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Veterinarians diligently recommend and prescribe heartworm preventives to control heartworm disease. Yet, heartworm infection is an ever-increasing problem. Because mosquitoes are the only known vector of Dirofilaria immitis, controlling mosquitoes through the use of an insecticide like Vectra 3D should help control heartworm transmission much in the same way that targeting vectors has been used successfully to control vector-transmitted diseases in people.

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No more excuses: Our experts examine your top three exam-room battles and offer tips to get you better resultsreally.

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Ticks, man. There are more of them, theyre responsible for more diseases, and theyre now found in more places than ever. Question is, why? And what does Bambi have to do with it? Dr. Michael Dryden (a.k.a. Dr. Flea) talks ticks.