Sentences with phrase «prevent microfilaria»

Monthly heartworm medications prevent microfilaria from growing into adult worms.

But heartworm preventives don't stop the mosquito bite in the first place, and don't prevent microfilaria (baby heartworm) from entering the dog.

These medications help to prevent the microfilariae (larvae) from developing into adult heartworms, thus preventing your Schnauzer from heartworm disease.

Not exact matches

Even the AHS admits on its website that «host immune responses affect the presence of circulating microfilariae»... in other words, your dog's immune system can kill the microfilariae or prevent them from reproducing.

Heartgard Chewables (ivermectin) are given once a month to prevent heartworm disease in dogs by eliminating microfilaria and preventing development of adult stage.

Interceptor - It contains milbemycin, which in addition to preventing heartworms also kills circulating microfilaria and sterilizes adult heartworms.

The preventative won't affect antigen test results and it can prevent the spread of heartworm in the shelter and prevent infection in an animal, even if microfilaria (heartworm larvae) are already present in the bloodstream.

The research study by Dr. McCall shows that the efficacy of Vectra ® 3D in preventing mosquitoes from feeding on dogs and in turn spreading heartworm microfilariae and larvae is an effective approach to stopping the spread of heartworm from dogs to mosquitoes.

Reinfection is prevented by using a heartworm preventative which also can eliminate microfilariae.

In a recent research study, mosquito repellants / insecticides were found to be more than 95 % effective in preventing the transmission of microfilariae to mosquitoes over a period of one month.

In addition to vaccine boosters, your veterinarian may also recommend heartworm prevention because of it's role in preventing intestinal parasites and to prevent the drastic respiratory effects of heartworm microfilaria.

There's two papers now, published by Dr. John McCall, a parasitologist at the University of Georgia, showing that applying a product which has insecticidal and repellent properties toward mosquitoes, was 100 percent effective at preventing the transmission of microfilaria from infected dogs to the mosquitoes.

By killing the microfilaria, ivermectin prevents additional worms from maturing and occupying the heart and blood vessels.