Sentences with phrase «development of microfilariae»

There is more to transmission than simply the presence of mosquitoes; it must also be warm enough for a long enough time period to allow the development of microfilariae to infective L3's within the mosquito's body.

There is more to transmission than just mosquitoes; it must also be warm enough for a long enough time period to allow the development of microfilariae to infective L3's within the mosquito's body.

Development of microfilariae to the second larval stage (L2) and to the infective third stage (L3) occurs within the mosquito in ~ 1 - 4 wk, depending on environmental temperatures.

Development of the microfilariae in the mosquito requires a temperature at or above 80 degrees Fahrenheit for about two weeks.

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Once in the bloodstream of the new host, the microfilariae will spend the next week or two developing into the next stage of development within the host's skin.

Heartgard Chewables (ivermectin) are given once a month to prevent heartworm disease in dogs by eliminating microfilaria and preventing development of adult stage.

However, starting prevention without testing can be harmful, because once the heartworms reach a certain point in development, the killing off of the microfilaria in combination with juvenile or adult heartworm in the system can be damaging to your dog's cardiovascular system.

Heartworm tests can not show a positive result until the tiny microfilaria reach 6 - 7 months of development.

Administration of a 4 - week course of doxycycline will render microfilariae incapable of normal development to infective larvae in mosquitoes and subsequent development of these larvae in dogs.8, 9

The mosquito bites the infected dog, ingests the tiny heartworm microfilaria, provides a host for the next stage of development of the parasite, then transfers the juvenile larvae to the bloodstream of the next dog she feeds on.

The microfilariae go through several stages of development inside the female mosquito, molting from larval stage L1 to L2 and then L3.

Heartworm preventative drugs do not kill adult heartworms, but they do kill microfilaria up to a certain stage of development.