Flea, Tick & Pest Center

For pets and humans, mosquitoes can present quite a problem because they spread a wide variety of diseases.

Canine Heartworm. This life-threatening disease for animals is actually caused by a roundworm. The roundworm is transmitted through bite of a mosquito carrying worm larvae. They ingest the larvae when feeding on the blood of an already infested dog.

West Nile Virus. This dangerous disease is spread between birds and mosquitoes, and then transmitted to humans. It is NOT transmitted directly from pet to person, person to pet, pet to pet, or person to person. It is rare that a dog bitten by an infected mosquito develops the disease.