Dr. Carpino and her dog Katie

Dr.Carpino & her dog Katie

Animal & Bird

Medical Center of Temple

Dr. Mary Carpino 

"Where we treat your pet like our own"

 (254) 899-8800

If you see your pet's picture on our site and print it out for us, you will get 5% off that week!

   Quick News Flash:

9th Annual Charity Cat Show

Saturday July 31, 2010

Heart O'Texas Exhibits Building, Waco, TX   9am-6pm

(children under 12 free when accompanied by an adult)

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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