This might sound like a good thing but in fact it increases the likelihood of the previously mentioned shock - like reaction when all
the first stage larvae die all at once.
Heartworm microfilariae are
first stage larvae: L1s.
Life Cycle: Mosquito vector species acquire
the first stage larvae (microfilariae) while feeding on an infected host.
The egg hatches in the environment and develops from
a first stage larva (the hatchling) to a second stage larva and finally a third stage larva, which is ready to infect a new host.
Not exact matches
The
first is the maggot - like larval
stage during which the insect eats and builds up resources; the second is the transformatory pupa
stage, from which the legless, wingless
larvae emerge into the third and final adult
stage of their lives as 6 - legged, winged flies.
In the
first two developmental
stages, the
larvae are not infective.
The
first stage is a
larva, which is less than 1 mm in size.
In the early
stages, the
first 6 to 8 weeks of heart worm infection the
larvae can be treated with three different drugs, Ivermectin, Selamectin and Milbemycin these are very effective.
When a mosquito bites a dog infected with heart worms, the mosquito ingests
first -
stage heart worm
larvae (immature heart worms).
These
larvae are in their
first stage of development (L1).
An advanced -
stage larva is the size of the
first joint of your thumb and is a light tan color.
If the host is a nursing mother, she secretes third
stage larvae in her milk for the
first 3 weeks after giving birth.
First, tapeworm eggs must be swallowed by flea
larvae (an immature
stage of the flea).
The goal is to intervene at two different
stages —
first, to help prevent mosquitoes from feeding on microfilaremic dogs and wild canids, and second, to prevent infected mosquitoes from biting dogs, cats or ferrets and transmitting infective
larvae.
They go through their
first two molts and change from an L1 to an L2 and then an L2 to an L3 (third
stage of development of the
larva).
The
first stages of the Ornate Ghostpipefish's life is a struggle; battling early life in the oceans currents as tiny
larvae.