![]() ![]() Medicinal preventives have proved to be effective in the prevention of heartworms. Pharmaceutical companies manufacture preventives for heartworm disease that have been approved by FDA. Prevention from Development of Heartworm Disease ![]() This maturity phase takes about six to seven months. Once a larva is transmitted into the blood of a healthy dog, it begins to reproduce till the blood is completely filled with microfilaria to be passed on to another dog and to damage his heart and lungs. A larva turns completely infectious in about 8-30 days. The larva stops its development at lower temperatures but restarts the growth as soon as the required temperature is attained. For completion of the life cycle of a larva, certain conditions must be fulfilled including 57 degree Fahrenheit temperature, through nights and days, for as much as 8 days. Inside the mosquito, the microfiliaria passes through several stages of development before infecting a healthy dog. Mosquitoes suck up the blood of a diseased animal that carries heartworm larvae (microfilaria). Heartworms harm the vital organs of a dog and may lead to a dog’s demise. The disease acts like cancer that spreads throughout the body. Mosquitoes acts as a parasite-transmitting agent between the affected dog and a healthy dog.ĭogs are more prone to developing heartworm infection as compared to ferrets, cats etc. The parasites live in the heart or lungs of the diseased pet. Heartworms are parasites that are injected through a mosquito bite into a healthy pet’s bloodstream. ![]()
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