Sentences with phrase «numbers of adult worms»

In areas where heartworms are common, a few summers of repeated mosquito bites to dogs not receiving preventative medications can result in enormous numbers of adult worms in the pet's heart.

For example, dogs tend to host high numbers of adult worms, whilst in cats, it may be just a handful.

In dogs, as the number of adult worms in the heart multiplies, you may notice a mild persistent, non-productive cough, exercise intolerance and fatigue, decreased appetite, weight loss, or lethargy.

In the meantime, if you have a small number of adult worms present, they are unlikely to cause much heart damage.

In cases where a large number of adult worms are present in the right ventricle of the heart, a surgical procedure may be needed to remove the parasites.

According to the American Heartworm Society, a dog with a low number of adult worms present in the body that does not undergo strenuous exercise may never have apparent signs of heartworm infection.

To achieve this, treatment is approached in stages with the goal being to minimize the number of adult worms to be killed and having the patient as healthy as possible going into what is called adulticide treatment.

Otherwise there is a possibility that administering a preventative medication could suddenly kill off a large number of adult worms, which could cause severe thrombus formation in the vessels.

The signs of heartworm disease depend on the number of adult worms present, the location of the worms, the length of time the worms have been present and the degree of damage to the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys.

Despite their limited number of adult worms, cats can have severe and lingering effects from heartworm disease.

Not exact matches

In both kittens and adult cats with small numbers of worms, there may be no clinical signs of infection.

Once the number of worms exceeds a certain number based on the size and activity level of the dog, however, the adult worms move to the heart and symptoms begin to occur.

Although heartworm disease in cats can be self - limiting, with a small number of cats able to spontaneously rid themselves of adult worms, migrating larvae damage the lungs and vasculature before clinical signs appear.

The symptoms of heartworm disease are directly related to the location, number and size of living and dead adult worms inside the dog.

Because the cat must have at least two adult female worms present to make this test positive, a negative test may mean that the cat may only have a small number of worms or that all the worms present are male.