Animal & Bird

Medical Center of Temple

Dr. Mary Carpino          

  (254) 899-8800                   

"Where we treat your pet like our own"             

Dr.Carpino & her dog Katie                    

 If you see your pet's picture on our site you will get 5% off that week! 

Heartworms!! 

Heartworms are those horrid little skinny spaghetti-like worms that your dog or cat can get from mosquito bites.  The mosquito injects a baby heartworm into your pet. Six months later the adult is living literally in your pet's heart.

Why do we check every year?

 Offsite links of great interest for HEARTWORMS:

1. www.knowheartworms.org/  This site is exclusively dedicated to a newly determined disease H.A.R.D. that develops in cats associated with the immature heartworms.

2. www.heartwormsociety.org/

3. Heartworms in Cats

4. FDA Information on Heartworm Prevention

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