{"id":1129,"date":"2020-10-27T21:40:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T21:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/?page_id=1129"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:16:12","slug":"parasite-prevention","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/parasite-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Parasite Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1129\" class=\"elementor elementor-1129\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b7f1f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b7f1f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"main-sec\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-138c88c\" data-id=\"138c88c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec83cf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-section_titleleft\" data-id=\"ec83cf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"section_titleleft.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ab_text-title fl-wrap\">\n            <h3>Parasite treatments<\/h3>Parasites can affect your pet in a variety of ways, ranging from simple irritation to causing life-threatening conditions if left untreated.<span class=\"section-separator fl-sec-sep\"><\/span>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d993722 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d993722\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-065811d\" data-id=\"065811d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d99ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63d99ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is fairly common for a dog or cat to become infected with an internal or external parasite at some point in their lifetime. Our veterinarians\u00a0can help prevent, accurately diagnose and safely treat parasites and other health problems that not only affect your dog or cat, but also the safety of you and your family.<\/p><p><strong>Parasites that we treat:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Heartworms<\/li><li>Fleas<\/li><li>Ticks<\/li><li>Ear Mites<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-479fa5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"479fa5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-7511\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7511\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Other parasites we treat<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7511\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7511\"><ul><li>Coccidia<\/li><li>Giardia<\/li><li>Mange Mites<\/li><li>Toxoplasmosis<\/li><li>Hookworms<\/li><li>Roundworms<\/li><li>Tapeworms<\/li><li>Whipworms<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2048e61\" data-id=\"2048e61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc7c821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc7c821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"724\" height=\"481\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13816 lazy\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2021\/02\/shutterstock_654316900-1.jpg\" data-lazy=\"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2021\/02\/shutterstock_654316900-1.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d090dd6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d090dd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Ready to Schedule an Appointment?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6e8d26 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6e8d26\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d92d362\" data-id=\"d92d362\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70fb1ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-section_titleleft\" data-id=\"70fb1ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"section_titleleft.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ab_text-title fl-wrap\">\n            <h3>Year-round prevention<\/h3><span class=\"section-separator fl-sec-sep\"><\/span>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-149f379 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"149f379\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a8ea5b\" data-id=\"2a8ea5b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01118fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"01118fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"750\" height=\"500\" class=\"attachment-townhub-featured-image size-townhub-featured-image wp-image-533 lazy\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2020\/10\/Depositphotos_37113019_original-1.jpg\" data-lazy=\"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2020\/10\/Depositphotos_37113019_original-1.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08b8459\" data-id=\"08b8459\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1b240e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1b240e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Parasites can infect your pet any time of the year. External parasites, such as fleas and ticks, may be less prevalent outside during certain seasons; however, they often survive in houses during the winter months, creating an uninterrupted life cycle. Other internal parasites, such as worms, may affect your pet all year long. These are some of the measures you can take to prevent it:<\/p><ul><li>Use a preventative flea and\/or tick treatment year-round.<\/li><li>Only feed pets cooked or prepared food (not raw meat).<\/li><li>Minimize exposure to high-traffic pet areas.<\/li><li>Clean up pet feces regularly.<\/li><li>Visit your veterinarian for annual testing and physical examination.<\/li><li>Administer worming medications as recommended by your veterinarian.<\/li><li>Ask your veterinarian about parasite infection risks and effective year-round preventative control measures administered monthly.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49ff81c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49ff81c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1dff2ba\" data-id=\"1dff2ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ea1c2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-section_titleleft\" data-id=\"9ea1c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"section_titleleft.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ab_text-title fl-wrap\">\n            <h3>Common questions about pets and parasites<\/h3><span class=\"section-separator fl-sec-sep\"><\/span>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac2f888 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac2f888\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Do fleas and ticks on my pet present a health risk to my family?<\/em><\/p><p>Yes. Fleas and ticks can carry and either directly or indirectly transmit several potential illnesses to humans. For example, rickettsiosis (infection with Rickettsia) can be transmitted directly by ticks. Bartonellosis (infection with Bartonella) can be transmitted between cats by fleas and then may spread to people. Also, fleas serve as an intermediate host for tapeworms, which can infect both your pet and humans.<\/p><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><em>What kind of internal parasites or worms can infect my cat or dog?<\/em><\/p><p>There are a number of intestinal worms that can infect dogs and cats, and they vary according to the species. In general, these include roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and tapeworms, and they are very prolific. In fact, one worm can produce more than 100,000 eggs per day, which can then be passed through your pet\u2019s feces and spread throughout the area your pet roams.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><em>Are heartworms a parasite I should be concerned about for my pet?<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Yes. Heartworms can be a very serious problem for both dogs and cats, especially those in mosquito-infested areas, as mosquitoes are a vector and an intermediate host for the pest. Heartworms can kill or seriously debilitate pets that are infected with them. That\u2019s because heartworms live in the bloodstream, lungs and heart of infected pets. Your veterinarian can do a blood test to determine if your pet has heartworm disease. A year-round preventive program is most effective to keep pets free of heartworms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b94bf elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"61b94bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Ready to Schedule an Appointment?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parasite treatments Parasites can affect your pet in a variety of ways, ranging from simple irritation to causing life-threatening conditions if left untreated. It is fairly common for a dog or cat to become infected with an internal or external parasite at some point in their lifetime. Our veterinarians\u00a0can help prevent, accurately diagnose and safely &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21402,"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1129\/revisions\/21402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unavets.com\/icanatura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}