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Sent to Pet Experts August 2 2004 at 7:51 PM
   

Hi, I’m a student here in the states and because of this I couldn’t bring my dog Tina with me. My parents are taking care of her but for them is enough if the dog has a place to sleep, food and water. When I went to Puerto Rico this summer and I took my dog to the veterinary, she was diagnosed with heartworm. She is currently asymptomatic, and my parents don’t really like the idea of having to follow up with the treatment (they particularly oppose to the idea of letting her be quiet after the treatment is administered). I’m moving to a military base around december. Is she allowed to fly with me? I really want to take proper care of her. She is 8 years old.
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August 3 2004 at 6:51 AM (10 hours and 59 minutes and 20 seconds later)
         
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  It would depend on how bad she has the heartworms to judge if she should fly. Your vet will be the judge of if she should fly or not when you take her in for her health certificate which you will need to fly her. Depending on the extent of the heartworms, you can do a rpeventative on her and not necessarily "treat" them. What this does is prevents her from getting reinfected but the ones she already has will just live their life cycle, then die off. I have a boxer that I am currently doing that with because I can't afford the treatment. You just have to watch for coughing and other symptoms.
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August 3 2004 at 6:30 PM (11 hours and 39 minutes and 1 second later)
         
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If the dog is still asymptomatic the dog should pass an exam for a health certificate and fly. The proper treatment will be able to occur at your stateside vet office, but if not able to afford, please ask your vet about the "slow kill" described by ZooCVT, it is not the greatest but it is better than doing nothing.
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