Most of us that have pets expect that there is a cost involved with food ongoing, occasional grooming, medicinal, and even veterinary costs.  You can't help it when your dog may get injured for example and have to visit your local vet for healing help.  However the day you bring your dog home for the first time, you and your wallet have now become a part of a catch 22-type system with regards to canine heartworm prevention and Canine heartworm treatment cost. 

This system is one that has comfortably been forced on dog owners here in the U.S. anyway through certain laws that specify that dogs must have a prescription from a vet  for owners to be able to obtain a heartworm preventative for dogs.  An annual wellness check in itself can run anywhere from $120 to $340 or more!  This is according to Consumer Reports for the year ending 2007. 

But let's focus on heartworm treatment cost, testing & prevention alone;

If you have been diligent with your visits to the vet year-round then you will usually only need to see your vet once a year for heartworm tests. Canine heartworm testing typically involves Antigen tests to detect the presence of adult female heartworms, and antibody heartworm testing that determines if your pet has been exposed to heartworms overall.  Of these heartworm tests, the antigen test is most commonly performed, and is quite accurate in dogs.

Canine heartworm treatment cost for testing generally run about $100.00 (or $1300 over the average life span of a dog). It is important to to note that although rare, heartworm tests performed by themselves can be inaccurate.  Inaccuracy can result if the concentration of worms are too small in number, if they are all males (the antigen tested for is in the sex organs of the female worms), if the antigen level is low when tested (the circulating antigen levels will vary during the day) and finally if the dog's heartworm testing is performed too soon after infection.  It takes from four to six months from the time the mosquito bites until the adult heartworms are in the heart and the dog will test positive.

Further heartworm tests, such as chest radiographs (x-rays), a blood profile, and an echocardiogram (an ultrasound of the heart), may be necessary to confirm the diagnosis, to evaluate the severity of the disease, and to determine the best treatment plan for your dog.  These additional tests can run your canine heartworm treatment cost toward closer to $350 on national average on top of the fees for the first basic testing noted above.

The harsh reality is that consumers have been shown to spend as much as $3,500 and more  to eliminate canine heartworm.  These higher fees come into play if your dog needs for example, "open heart" type physical worm removal, etc.

Of course the only real reason you may need to have these additional tests performed is because you have forgotten to give your dog his/her heartworm preventative.   Or maybe there is a few month lapse in your dog's heartworm preventative dosing regardless.  The ultimate goal obviously is to heal the pet and avoid all canine heartworm treatment cost regardless.

Heartworm Preventative for dogs; 

There are 4 main prescription-only medications available in the U.S. for consumers to purchase for heartworm preventative for dogs.  Based on dogs ranging from 24 to 50 lbs,  consumers will pay near $55.00 per year on average for your choice of one of two brands,  and $130.00 per year on average for your choice of one of the other two brands.   Remember you had to spend money at the vet first to even qualify for these prescriptions!   Also keep in mind your pet may be caught in a cycle where he has heartworms and they may have not been detected.   Having a dog on heartworm medication whilst harboring heartworms is a very unhealthy dilemma. 

The report page will set your mind at ease.   None of the headaches noted above will matter when you learn about the report's heartworm natural alternative, natural heartworm cure, and heartworm preventative for dogs.

Becoming an advised consumer by reading the report offered on this website will allow you to take all the steps necessary to remove your dog from any and all:

Heartworm checkups, (in order to qualify for prescriptions for preventatives), 

Heartworm testing, including both cheap and ultra-expensive heartworm tests.(Remember you can spend hundreds on any given test for heartworm),

Canine heartworm treatment cost,  

Heartworm prevention,

And any and all costs associated with the above expenses !!

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