Sentences with phrase «heartworms take up residence»

These larvae mature in stages, leading up to their migration towards the heart, where the adult heartworms take up residence.

These larvae mature through several stages as they also migrate towards the heart, where the adult heartworms take up residence.

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(ref) In 2017 There are many brands of monthly preventative that will kill heartworms before they take up residence in your dog's heart; but only one, Advantage Multi ® (because it contains moxidectin), is FDA - approved for the elimination of the microfilaria that could conceivably allow the parasite larva to mutated and then transfer to another dog.

However, when a cat does get heartworm disease, the worms take up residence in the lungs.

These take 6 months to develop in the bloodstream into adult heartworms, which then travel to the right side of the heart and pulmonary artery where they take up residence.