Sentences with phrase «incubating microfilariae»

This female mosquito that is actively incubating microfilariae needs to bite your dog to transmit heartworms.

STEP 4 Your dog must be bitten by a female mosquito that is actively incubating microfilariae and the temperature and humidity need to be high enough for the L3 to make it through your dog's skin (L2 won't be passed to your dog).

The mosquito then incubates the microfilaria and it develops into an infective larval stage after 10 - 14 days.

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(ref1, ref2) We think that Wolbachia enters the heartworm's eggs when they are incubating within the mature female heartworm's uterus to produce already - infected microfilaria.

The microfilariae incubate for a few weeks in the mosquito's body before entering its saliva.