Sentences with phrase «immature heartworms when»

Mosquitoes carry the immature heartworms when they take a blood meal from a heartworm - infected dog, fox, coyote or wolf.

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Most cats with HARD have mild coughing, but a severe respiratory crisis can occur when a large number of immature adult heartworms die at once.

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Heartworms are spread by mosquitoes, which pick up the immature stages from an infected dog, and then pass them on to a different dog when they move on for another blood meal.

When the infected mosquito bites your pet, the immature heartworms from the mosquito's stomach can then migrate from the hole or bite wound and into their bloodstream.

These immature heartworms, known as microfilariae, can be picked up by a mosquito when it bites the infected dog.

When a dog has mature heartworms, there are actually immature heartworms released into the blood.

The AHS reports immature heartworms in the circulatory system can cause serious and long - lasting respiratory disease even when no adult infection occurs.

Heartworm associated respiratory disease (HARD), a common problem in cats with heartworm disease, occurs when your pet's lungs become inflamed due to the death of immatuHeartworm associated respiratory disease (HARD), a common problem in cats with heartworm disease, occurs when your pet's lungs become inflamed due to the death of immatuheartworm disease, occurs when your pet's lungs become inflamed due to the death of immature worms.

Infection begins when a female mosquito feeds on a dog whose blood contains the immature offspring of adult heartworms, called stage 1 larva, or «L1 microfilariae.»

When a mosquito containing L3 - stage microfilaria bites a dog, the immature heartworms are transferred into the dog at the site of the bite.