Vet 101: Heartworm

Dr James L. Busby discusses his book and the many way veterinarians manage to squeeze money from the pet owning public. In this episode he talks about the high and unnecessary costs of heartworm prevention.

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Pets & Animals

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• dog
• puppy
• cat
• kitten
• animals
• veterinary
• care
• health
• heartworm
• prevention
• vet
• pets

[oldcountryvet]

Vets use the fact that I was repremanded by the state board 6 years ago as a way to discredit what I say. My web page explains all about the state board thing. I am in active practice and busy as hell if yor are interested. The locals love my honesty and experience and reasonable prices. In 42 years I have never lost a spay and the big clinic that got me in trouble has lost at least 4 in the past 3 years. They presurgical screen and I don't. They also charge three times as much. Dr busby

[oldcountryvet]

If you want some insight to the modern vet, look up these current reports on a search engine:

How to say no to your vet or But doc, the dog's already dead and vet investigation. The first was in Slate and the second was by a California station. They both are right on.  Dr. Busby

[Rotties9292]

@femmepen I know this post was 2 years ago lol but anyway it's good that you're feeding a great food, but actually the very best food you could be feeding your pet is Raw Prey Model. Kibble is Kibble it's still gets cooked up = lost of nutrients and missing out on a healthy way to clean their teeth naturally "Raw meaty Bones"

[womanintheshadow]

Vivkie.. SO TRUE! Vets just love rolling in the dough. Do they ever do anything out of the goodness of their hearts in their practice??

[womanintheshadow]

He's right about this! The common heartworm and flea preventative "Revolution" is used both to kill heartworm and prevent it. I asked my vet if my dog is heartworm positive then what do I give him? She said: "Revolution".  So why the testing?? She said if I refuse the testing I must sign a waiver. Ugh. All about money with vets!

[amandahugankiss21]

I work for a vet, and strongly agree. The vet I work for reccomends puting a dog that has never been on heartworm prevention on prevention for 6 months, and then testing. Because it can take up to 6 months for a negative to turn positive. So if the dog was infected one week before we saw it, we would get a false negative. We never retest an animal that has been consistantly on prevention. There is no reason to. It's all about marketing now, and not being honest.