Sentences with phrase «system of the microfilariae»
That means they work by paralyzing the nervous system of the microfilariae in your dog's body.
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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.
Before giving your dog any kind of heartworm drugs, you can do DNA testing to see if there are any microfilariae in his system.
However, starting prevention without testing can be harmful, because once the heartworms reach a certain point in development, the killing off of the microfilaria in combination with juvenile or adult heartworm in the system can be damaging to your dog's cardiovascular system.
In cats, the microfilariae live for only a month in the vascular system and are seen in only 20 % of infected cats (compared to 80 to 90 % in dogs).