Sentences with phrase «heartworms reach the heart»
Within six months, heartworms reach the heart and lungs, causing heartworm disease.
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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.
Giving this medication every month will kill any Heartworm larvae in your dog before they can reach the heart and start developing as an adult worm.
If the dog is not on heartworm preventive, the heartworm will then migrate through the body until it reaches the heart.
When heartworms do mature in cats, they tend not only to reach maturity in the heart, but also the cat's lungs.
PetTrust Plus prevents heartworms (Dirofilaria immitis) from developing and reaching your dog's heart.
This necropsy of a heartworm - positive dog shows the devastating, far - reaching effects of heartworm disease on canine heart and lungs.
Once they reach adult form, the heartworms move into a vein and head straight for the heart.
This may kill immature heartworms that have not yet reached the heart as well as most larval heartworms circulating in the pet's blood.