Sentences with phrase «worms by mosquito bites»

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Bitten by a carrier mosquito, the unlucky host will carry the microscopic larval form of the adult worm in its bloodstream until they reach the lungs and heart.

To jog the concern of clients, veterinary clinics may display a preserved heart infected with heartworm in a jar and hang posters about heartworm life cycles in examining rooms, but seeing is not necessarily believing; although clients can view the infested heart loaded with long, spaghetti - like worms every time they visit, many gamble that their dogs will never be bitten by an infected mosquito.

Cats can get heartworm after being bitten by an infected mosquito, however they are not as susceptible to it as dogs are — the worms don't thrive as well inside a cat's body.

Heartworm is carried by larvae - infected mosquitoes, that then transmit it to your pet through their bite, directly into your dog's bloodstream and to its heart where the worms will hatch and begin to grow.

The heart worm life cycle starts when a dog is bitten by a mosquito carrying heart worm larvae, these make their way into the dog's blood stream.

Heartworm preventatives work by killing the youngest juvenile - stage worms after the mosquito bite.

The period between the initial infection when the dog is bitten by a mosquito and the maturation of the worms into adults living in the heart takes six to seven months in dogs and is known as the «prepatent period».

Heartworm disease or HW infection is caused by Dirofilariaimmitis, a parasitic worm that breeds through a mosquito bite.

This is a terrible worm that start off by a mosquito bite and ends up with worms in the heart of the dog.

«Heart worm in dogs is caused by bites from infected mosquitoes that transmit the heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) into the dog.

Also, it can take up to 6 months for the tests to read positive for dog heartworm after a dog has been bitten by a worm carrying mosquito.

The mosquito spreads heartworm disease by biting an infected dog, drinking in the heartworm and then passing on the worm by biting another dog.

Throughout treatment for adult worms, your dog must be maintained on heartworm preventative in case of another bite by an infected mosquito.

Heartworm - Parasitic worms caused by bites from infected mosquitos can travel through the blood vessels to the heart and lungs.

Canine heartworm disease develops when a dog is bitten by a mosquito carrying microscopic heartworm larvae (juvenile worms) of a parasite called Dirofilaria immitis.

It's caused by parasitic worms, which are spread by mosquito bites and live in the host's heart, lungs and related blood vessels.

The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes, who then leave a larval form of the worms behind after bites.

They get heartworm disease if bitten by an infected mosquito who transfers parasitic worm larvae into the cat's tissue after biting an infected dog.