Sentences with phrase «feline heartworm cases»

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In fact, they may actually worsen lung damage.6 Although not without significant risk or expense, surgical removal of feline heartworms has been successfully performed in severe cases.8

In some cases, a cat may survive a heartworm infection for an extended period of time before succumbing to another feline disorder.

If there is evidence of disease in the lungs and their blood vessels consistent with feline heartworm infection, such cases can be monitored with chest X-rays every six to twelve months, as needed.

Over the next ten years, I diagnosed 39 cases of feline heartworm infection, including ten infections in strictly indoor cats.

Heartworm disease is a preventable yet serious condition caused by parasitic worms living in the arteries of the lungs, heart, and surrounding blood vessels of dogs, cats, wild canines and felines, other mammal species, and in rare cases, humans.

These symptoms are difficult to distinguish from Feline Asthma, and experts believe that some cases of feline asthma may actually be feline Heartworm DiFeline Asthma, and experts believe that some cases of feline asthma may actually be feline Heartworm Difeline asthma may actually be feline Heartworm Difeline Heartworm Disease.

Cases of reported feline and canine heartworm infection have increased after hurricanes hit the southeastern United States, sending the disease from endemic areas to all parts of the country.