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When should you test for heartworm, what does the test detect and what not, how can you do it at home, and what does it cost in 2026? Timing around mosquito season, interpreting the result, and clinic versus home prices, with data from a recent Hungarian survey.

For an adopted cat, the most important test is FIV/FeLV, before it meets your other cats; with diarrhoea, add panleukopenia and Giardia. In the first weeks: a separate room, its own bowls and litter tray, a vet examination and a repeat FIV/FeLV test after 60 days.

Before a litter goes to new homes, the most important screening is parvo and Giardia for puppies, and panleukopenia, Giardia and the parents' FIV/FeLV status for kittens. Tests are best done before vaccination or well apart from it, and the documented results should be handed over to the buyer.

FIV (feline AIDS) and FeLV (feline leukaemia) are viruses that infect only cats and can remain without symptoms for years. Every new, sick or exposed cat should be tested; a combined rapid test gives a result from one blood sample within minutes, and a positive result is confirmed by a vet.