Sentences with phrase «called microfilariae»

Mosquitoes ingest immature heartworm larvae, called microfilariae, by feeding on an infected cat or, more commonly, an infected dog.

This treatment is much less expensive than immiticide injections, but it only kills off the larvae, called microfilariae, leaving the adult worms in the system.

When the mosquito feeds on your pet's blood, it deposits larvae called microfilariae into the bloodstream.

The female then begins to produce tiny offspring, called microfilariae.

Mosquitoes ingest immature heartworm larvae, called microfilariae, by feeding on either an infected cat or dog.

They produce cute little micro-baby heartworms called microfilariae, which hang out in the bloodstream, just waiting for a mosquito to land on the poor, unsuspecting doggy host for a quick meal.

Heartworms do not lay eggs like other worm parasites; instead they give live birth and the baby worms are called Microfilariae.

Heartworms are transmitted from one dog to another by mosquitoes, which pick up tiny immature heartworms, called microfilariae, when they bite an infected dog.

[11] By seven months after infection, the adult worms have mated and the females begin giving birth to live young, called microfilariae.

They live for up to 5 years, during which time they can produce millions of offspring called microfilariae.

The dog is a natural host for heartworms, which means that heartworms that live inside the dog can mature into adults, mate and produce microscopic larval forms called microfilariae.

Mosquitoes ingest baby heartworms called microfilariae when taking a blood meal from an already infected dog.

Heartworms don't lay eggs like other worms... they produce live baby worms called microfilariae.

Female worms then produce large numbers of larvae called microfilariae that move to the skin to be ingested again by biting black flies.

Treating canine heartworm disease involves killing the adult worms that live in the heart and pulmonary arteries, as well as those in the larval stages (called microfilaria) that circulate in the bloodstream of the dog.

Mature female heartworms release offspring, called microfilaria, into the blood stream.

When mosquitoes feed off an infected mammal, they pick up baby heartworms called microfilaria which grow and develop into infectious larvae in the mosquito until the insect feeds again, this time on your pet.

Once in the dog's bloodstream, the larvae mature through several stages and eventually take up residence in the heart, from which they release offspring called microfilaria into the bloodstream of the dog.

In an affected dog or cat, female heartworms that reside in the pulmonary artery release small larval forms called microfilaria.

They live up to five years and during this time produce millions of offspring called microfilaria.

Juvenile heartworms are called microfilaria and circulate in the blood of an infected host animal (usually a dog).

The Life Cycle First, adult female heartworms release their young, called microfilaria, into an animal's bloodstream.

At the center of the body, the heartworm matures into an adult and finally begins to produce young, called microfilaria.

Adults give live birth to baby worms called microfilaria (first larval stage) that circulate in the bloodstream.

It is possible for the microscopic baby worms (called microfilaria) to pass through the bloodstream of the mother into the puppies; however, these worms can not develop into adults and should be eliminated when the puppies receive their first dose of heartworm preventive.

Adult female heartworms living in an infected dog, fox, coyote, or wolf produce microscopic baby worms called microfilaria that circulate in the bloodstream.

Adult heartworms may live up to five years and, during this time, the female produces millions of offspring called microfilaria.

We call them microfilaria, but that's a complicated term.

Heartworm larvae, called microfilaria, live in the blood and are sucked up by the bug.

Adult heartworms reproduce and release the next generation of immature larval worms, called microfilaria, into the bloodstream.

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In the skin the larvae mate and form so - called new microfilaria, which then reach the dog's bloodstream.

This is the only way microfilariae can begin to develop into adult heartworms... they must be picked up by a second mosquito to develop into larger, and more mature larvae, called L2 and L3.

Heartworm infection in apparently healthy animals is usually detected with blood tests that either test for a heartworm substance called an «antigen» or for the microfilaria themselves.

Females produce babies called «microfilaria,» which are shed into an animal's bloodstream but are not capable of directly causing heartworm without first passing through a mosquito.

Females produce babies, called «microfilariae,» which are shed into an animal's bloodstream but are not capable of directly causing heartworm without first passing through a mosquito.

We also sent out what is called a «microfilaria knotts» test.

Infection begins when a female mosquito feeds on a dog whose blood contains the immature offspring of adult heartworms, called stage 1 larva, or «L1 microfilariae.»