Sentences with phrase «infect unborn puppies»
This is because a «modified» virus that will not cause illness in the mother may still be strong enough to infect the unborn puppies or kittens.
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Unborn puppies can become infected with Babesia across the placenta (this is called «transplacental transmission»), if their mother is infected during her pregnancy.
Microfilariae may also be transmitted across the placental barrier to unborn puppies if the mother dog is infected with heartworm.
Transmission of heartworms requires a bite from an infected mosquito, so direct transmission from a mother to her unborn puppies is not possible.
It occurs if a puppy fetus is infected prior to birth (i.e. if its pregnant mother is infected and passes the virus to her unborn puppies through the placenta).