Heartworm Incidence Map from the American Heartworm Society - Every
three years, the American Heartworm Society surveys veterinarians in
thousands of practices across the country for the purpose of looking at
trends in heartworm incidence. This year, the survey was designed to
gather data on heartworm-positive cases as well as to survey
veterinarians about factors they believe contribute to incidence trends
in their area.
The
release below details the findings of the survey, which was conducted
in March of 2014 and focused on diagnosis of heartworm cases in 2013. In
conjunction with gather the data, the AHS has created a new heartworm incidence map, which can be downloaded from the American Heartworm Society website (heartwormsociety.org).
North Carolina is among the top ten states in the country in rate of heartworm incidence. |