The Companion Animal Parasite Council has released annual forecasts for canine Lyme, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, and heartworm disease since 2012. The forecasts highlight the dynamic nature of vector-borne diseases and are designed to help veterinarians assess disease risk in their local and surrounding areas.
The 2026 forecasts are designed to predict what veterinarians and laboratories will find when testing — CAPC pairs the forecasts with its Parasite Prevalence Maps so clinics can see local risk, while noting that routine diagnostic testing is still the best way for a clinic to understand its local risk.
Pet-food relevance: parasite prevalence (especially gastrointestinal parasites like roundworms/hookworms that can also be zoonotic) is a recurrent pet-food safety and quality concern; CAPC surveillance complements the zoonosis overview in parasite_zoonosis_cdc_overview. CAPC content is used here in paraphrase mode (exact disease names and figures anchor to source); consult the source for the full narrative and the interactive prevalence maps.
Source: pdf-raw/parasite-zoonosis/capc_2026_forecast.html (CAPC, landed 2026-08-09).
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Companion Animal Parasite Council has released annual forecasts for canine Lyme, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, and heartworm disease since 2012forecasts highlight the dynamic nature of vector-borne diseasesare designed to help veterinarians assess disease risk in their local and surrounding areasThe 2026 forecasts are designed to predict what veterinarians and laboratories will find when testingroutine diagnostic testing is still the best way for a clinic to understand its local risk