Sentences with phrase «circulating microfilariae»

A mild hypersensitivity - type reaction presumably due to dead or dying microfilariae, particularly involving a transient diarrhea, has been observed in clinical trials with ivermectin alone after treatment of some dogs that have circulating microfilariae.

Mild, transient hypersensitivity reactions manifested as labored respiration, vomiting, salivation and lethargy have been noted in some treated dogs carrying a high number of circulating microfilariae.

Heartworm disease begins with an infected animal that has circulating microfilariae in its blood.

As the mosquito stops by for a meal it also sucks up a number of circulating microfilariae in the blood.

Administering doxycycline and a macrocyclic lactone during the 1 - month rest period after melarsomine administration eliminates most of the remaining circulating microfilariae, and any remaining adult worms are essentially sterile and die of attrition over time.

Diagnosis of canine dirofilariosis in animals which originate from a low - endemic region is difficult for 3 main reasons: 1) possible absence of circulating microfilariae (occult disease), 2) high frequency of a low number of adults, which in turn produces false negative results, using either ELISA or latex agglutination test, 3) possible false sero - positive results, due to cross-reaction with adult antigens of Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens (Schrey, 1996), the agent of subcutaneous dirofilariasis causing chronic pruritic dermatitis in dogs (Tarello, 1999).

In such cases, accurate concentrations tests, however, can demonstrate circulating microfilariae in many dogs, avoiding wrong diagnosis and diffusion of dirofilariasis to newly colonized areas.

This does mean, however, that giving this product to a dog with heartworm will kill all circulating microfilariae and the dog will test erroneously heartworm negative by Difil or Knott's testing.

There are some specialists who prefer not to give Interceptor to dogs who already have heartworms, particularly if they have circulating microfilariae (baby heartworms).

Little and Blagburn stressed that if a veterinarian believes that the slow - kill approach truly is medically indicated, the dog first must be free of circulating microfilariae.

The lifespan of heartworms is considerably shorter in cats, only two to three years, and most infections in cats do not have circulating microfilariae.

Two negative tests 7 days apart can provide reasonable assurance of a lack of circulating microfilariae and reduced risk of transmission.

The number of circulating microfilariae does not correlate with the number of adult heartworms, so is not an indicator of disease severity.

McCall JW, Arther R, Davis W, Settje T. Safety and efficacy of 10 % imidacloprid + 2.5 % moxidectin for the treatment of Dirofilaria immitis circulating microfilariae in experimentally infected dogs.

Although testing for microfilariae as is commonly recommended in dogs is also possible, it is highly prone to error as cats seldom have circulating microfilariae for the reasons discussed previously.

That's due in part because ss many as 20 percent of dogs infected with heartworms continue to have circulating microfilariae for at least a year or longer when receiving monthly treatment.

Treatment specifically targeting circulating microfilariae may be started as early as 3 - 4 wk following adulticide administration.

However, 25 % to > 50 % of infected canids may not have circulating microfilariae.

Revolution is not effective against adult D. immitis and, while the number of circulating microfilariae may decrease following treatment, Revolution is not effective for microfilariae clearance.

Even the AHS admits on its website that «host immune responses affect the presence of circulating microfilariae»... in other words, your dog's immune system can kill the microfilariae or prevent them from reproducing.

«Single sex heartworm infections, host immune responses affecting the presence of circulating microfilariae and the administration of heartworm preventives can be factors which produce occult infections in dogs.»

Effects of doxycycline on heartworm embryogenesis, transmission, circulating microfilaria, and adult worms in microfilaremic dogs.

If a mosquito bites a dog or cat that has circulating microfilaria it ingests them.

Interceptor - It contains milbemycin, which in addition to preventing heartworms also kills circulating microfilaria and sterilizes adult heartworms.

Circulating microfilaria are not detectable with the microscope, and diagnosis using other means is difficult.

The number of circulating microfilaria is greatest during the morning and evening hours coinciding with mosquito activity.

A mosquito will pick up the circulating microfilaria (L1) from an infected dog during a blood meal.

The number of circulating microfilaria may vary during different times of the day.

Cats are resistant hosts, and few circulating microfilaria are generally found.

Not exact matches

An occult heartworm infection means there's an infection of some sort but the microfilariae, or the heartworm offspring, aren't found circulating around in the blood.

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.

Adult female heartworms living in an infected dog, coyote, fox, raccoon, or wolf produce microscopic worms known as microfilariae which circulate in the infected animals bloodstream.

These young — the microfilariae — circulate in the bloodstream for as long as three years, waiting to hitch a ride in a bloodsucking mosquito.

They produce microfilaria (immature worms) that circulate in the blood.

Microscopic larvae (microfilariae) are produced by adult worms and circulate in the blood.

In contrast to dogs, very few microfilaria circulate in cats.

These larvae mature into adults, which can be a foot in length, and they produce microfilariae that circulate in the bloodstream.

The microfilariae circulate in the bloodstream for as long as two years, waiting for the next stage in their lifecycles in the gut of a bloodsucking mosquito.

An advantage of Revolution is no adverse reaction if the dog already has microfilaria circulating from a current adult heartworm infection.

Once the adult heartworms are killed the microfilaria that are circulating in the bloodstream are our next target.

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

Mild, transient hypersensitivity reactions, such as labored breathing, vomiting, hypersalivation, and lethargy, have been noted in some dogs treated with milbemycin oxime carrying a high number of circulating offspring (microfilariae).

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

It is effective against larval heartworms (the «microfilariae» that circulate in the blood) but not against adult heartworms (that live in the heart and pulmonary arteries), though technically it can shorten their lifespan.

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

Adult worms reside in the subcutaneous tissues of infested animals and release microfilariae that circulate in the blood (Tarello, 1999).

Adult heartworms living in the heart produce offspring, known as microfilariae, which circulate in the animal's blood.

Adult female worms produce more microfilaria which circulate in the bloodstream until they are also picked up by a mosquito.

Microfilariae circulate throughout the body but remain primarily in the small blood vessels.

Microscopic baby Heartworms, known as «microfilaria» circulate in the blood stream of an infected animal.