Sentences with phrase «release microfilaria»

The larvae then molt a final time and migrate to the pulmonary artery, where they begin to mate and release microfilaria of their own.

It can occur if mostly male heartworms are causing an infection, since they do not release microfilaria.

Tiny heartworm larvae are injected into the blood stream where they mature over the span of about 6 months until they reach adulthood in the veins of the pulmonary artery and lungs, where they reproduce and release microfilaria into the blood for the mosquito to ingest and pass on.

Two are the others canine filariases releasing microfilariae in the blood and described in Italy: Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens and Acanthocheilonema (syn.: Dipetalonema) reconditum (Pampiglione et al., 1995; Tarello, 1999).

Adult worms reside in the subcutaneous tissues of infested animals and release microfilariae that circulate in the blood (Tarello, 1999).

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If a dog is bitten by the pregnant female mosquito, her microfilariae are released into the circulatory system and they wait there for a new mosquito to bite the dog again.

As the worms mature and mate, they produce microfilaria that are released into the blood stream, picked up by mosquitoes, and spread to other unsuspecting hosts.

Mature female heartworms release offspring, called microfilaria, into the blood stream.

Adult heartworms can then produce live microfilaria, which are released into the bloodstream and the cycle repeats when another mosquito comes along.

Once in the dog's bloodstream, the larvae mature through several stages and eventually take up residence in the heart, from which they release offspring called microfilaria into the bloodstream of the dog.

These reactions are presumably caused by release of protein from dead or dying microfilariae.

The immune system can destroy the microfilaria released by adult heartworms in the pulmonary capillaries, resulting in a negative heartworm test.

In an affected dog or cat, female heartworms that reside in the pulmonary artery release small larval forms called microfilaria.

The Life Cycle First, adult female heartworms release their young, called microfilaria, into an animal's bloodstream.

These microfilaria are released into the bloodstream, where a biting mosquito can pick them up and perpetuate the cycle as it transfers the microfilaria to another host.

Mature heartworms release larvae, known as microfilaria, into the bloodstream.

Once the parasites mature (about six months from the time they enter the dog's body), they begin to release immature heartworms, known as microfilaria.

When a dog or other suitable host has a mature heartworm infection, female worms release their young (microfilariae) directly into the animal's bloodstream.

Adult heartworms reproduce and release the next generation of immature larval worms, called microfilaria, into the bloodstream.