Sentences with phrase «ingested by mosquitos»

Microfilaria live in the pet's blood for about one month and may, in turn, be ingested by mosquitos feeding on the pet.

When ingested by a mosquito, the microfilariae undergo a series of molts to the infective third larval stage, and then migrate to the salivary glands of the mosquito, where they wait to infect another host.

Microfilaria live in the pet's blood for about one month and may be ingested by mosquitoes feeding on the pet.

Furthermore, any remaining microfilariae are unlikely to develop into adult worms even if ingested by a mosquito and eventually transmitted to another canid.

The microfilaria swim to the lungs, where they mature and reproduce, sending more microfilariae into the dog's bloodstream to be ingested by a mosquito.

Moreover, microfilariae from dogs treated with doxycycline that were ingested by mosquitoes developed into third - stage larvae that appeared to be normal in appearance and motility, but these larvae were not able to develop into adult worms, thus negating the risk of selecting for resistant strains.

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Heartworms are spread by mosquitoes that are infected with immature or «baby» heartworms when they bite an infected dog and ingest its blood.

A heartworm infected host (usually, but not necessarily, a dog) is bitten by a mosquito vector that ingests the L1 stage (also known as microfilariae) of the parasite.

Mosquitoes ingest immature heartworm larvae, called microfilariae, by feeding on either an infected cat or dog.

Immature heartworms are transmitted to a healthy animal by a mosquito that has recently ingested blood from an infected animal.

When an infected animal is bitten by a mosquito, it not only ingests the blood, but also the microfilaria contained in the host's blood.

Mosquitoes ingest immature heartworm larvae, called microfilariae, by feeding on an infected cat or, more commonly, an infected dog.

The mosquitos ingest the immature heartworm larvae by feeding on either an infected cat or, more frequently, an infected dog.

It is caused by the blood parasite Dirofilaria immitis, with immature heartworms transmitted to healthy animals by mosquitos that have recently ingested blood from an infected animal.

The mosquito becomes infected by biting another infected animal and ingesting the microfilaria.