heartworm

A variety of cardiovascular diseases has been reported in individuals from the Spheniscidae family, including ventricular septal defects, Dirofilaria immitis infection, pulmonary hypertension, and valvular dysplasia, ultimately resulting in congestive heart failure.

This drug is used to prevent heartworm disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis, which is spread through the bite of mosquitoes.

Morphometric analyses of canine blood microfilariae isolated by the Knott's test enables Dirofilaria immitis and D.

The need to evaluate alternative approaches is emphasized by the evolving susceptibility of Dirofilaria immitis larvae to heartworm preventatives containing macrocyclic lactones, such as ivermectin.

Studies on haemoparasitic infections of dog with special reference to Dirofilaria immitis. Ph.D.

Dirofilaria immitis; Culex, Aedes, Ochleratatus, Anopheles, Armigeres ve Mansonia cinslerine ait bircok sivrisinek turleri tarafindan tasinmaktadir (13, 31, 32).

Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae), is the most common mosquito in rural and urban areas which in capable of transferring a number of pathogens i.e., West Nile Virus (WNV) (CDC, 2002; Turell et al., 2001;Alouani et al., 2009), avian pox virus, bird malaria pathogen, dog heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, filarial nematode, Wuchereria bancrofti (Vinogradova, 2000) and St.

Dirofilaria immitis was not identified in the present large-scale survey, confirming previous results that this parasite has not yet established itself in Eastern Austria [10].

Preliminary results on the effect of tetracycline on the embryogenesis and symbiotic bacteria (Wolbachia) of Dirofilaria immitis. An update and discussion.

It is also active against ear mites, lice, gastrointestinal nematodes and prevents heartworm disease through its efficacy against Dirofilaria immitis larvae.