Sentences with phrase «eliminate microfilaria»

These preventives may also eliminate microfilaria if they are present.

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

Reinfection is prevented by using a heartworm preventative which also can eliminate microfilariae.

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More commonly, microfilariae are eventually eliminated, even from non-adulticide-treated dogs, after several months of treatment with prophylactic doses of the macrocyclic lactones.

Once the adult worms are eliminated, the microfilaria are usually treated with a heartworm preventative such as HeartGard or Interceptor in the following month.

During the process, adult heartworms are eliminated, and then the microfilaria and the larvae are eliminated.

In order to treat a dog for heartworms, the adult worms, the larvae and the microfilaria must all be eliminated from the dog's body.

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.

Initial studies of cats that have naturally eliminated the adults or microfilariae show that the host antibody gradually decreases to negative concentrations after 4 to 6 months.

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.