Sentences with phrase «carrying immature heartworms»
Mosquitoes carry the immature heartworms when they take a blood meal from a heartworm - infected dog, fox, coyote or wolf.
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Heartworms are transmitted through the bite of a mosquito, which carries immature larvae from the parasite Dirofilaria immitis.
Between 75 and 120 days after infection, these immature heartworms then enter the bloodstream and are carried through the heart to reside in the pulmonary artery.