Sentences with phrase «heartworms in a dog until»
Blood tests will not detect heartworms in a dog until the larvae have matured into adult worms, which takes about six months following initial infection.
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Heartworm is usually brought on by mosquito bites and the larvae travels through a dog's blood until it reaches the heart or lungs where it starts to grow and can reach 12 inches in length.
Although heartworms can occur in cats, they are much more common in dogs.Microfilaria develop for six months in dogs and eight months in cats before they become adult heartworms, and until this time, they migrate through various body tissues until they reach the heart and lungs.
In a nutshell, you don't want to wait until your dog has heartworm symptoms.