Weerarathne, Pabasara
Sanders, Tiana L.
Starnes, Alexa
Kelly, Maureen A.
Castro, Pablo D. Jimenez
Moore, Frances M.
Vasilatis, Demitria M.
Leutenegger, Christian M.
Lamichhane, Chinta
Song, Haichen
Verocai, Guilherme G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Antech Diagnostics
Article History
Received: 5 January 2026
Accepted: 5 May 2026
First Online: 20 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable.
Competing interests: These authors are employees of Antech Diagnostics, Mars Petcare Science & Diagnostics, Loveland, CO, USA (PDJC, DMV, CML, HS, FMM) or Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA (PW, TLS, AS, MAK, and GGV). One of the commercial point-of-care tests used for analysis of samples in this study was trūRapid™ FOUR heartworm, an Antech Diagnostics (Mars Petcare Science & Diagnostics) product.