Is heartworm common among dogs in India, and is it necessary to get dogs vaccinated against it?
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The only way dogs get heartworm is through an infected mosquito and India has a lot of mosquitos and you cannot tell if a mosquito is an infected carrier, same problem with mosquitos and dengue fever. So, as a general statement, the risk of heartworm would be quite high and the best way to deal with heartworm is to stop it before it happens, so vaccination would be a very good idea because curing after the fact is quite hard (and much more expensive).
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