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How does the preventive work?

April 26, 2017preventive

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How does the preventive work?

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It kills the molting microfilaria at step three in the life cycle shown (see 1). At this step your pet has microfilaria in his/her tissues and will develop heartworm disease unless you give the preventive. The preventive does not kill near-adult or adult heartworms.