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Heartworm
Roundworm—Dirofilaria causes Heartworm which is a form of Filariasis. Filariasis, is defined as disease caused by the presence of filariae in the tissues of the body and is caused by nematodes (roundworms) that inhabit the lymphatics and subcutaneous tissues.
Picture of a Dirofilaria in blood samples. To diagnose one of these types of worms you can use blood tests, antigen testing, other lab tests like ELISA, or you can determine which species it is by identify the adults.
Heartworm symptoms include fatigue after exercise; cough and ascites (build up of fluid in the abdomen). These worms are passed by mosquitoes and the black fly Simulium.
Treatment of heartworm (if heartworm doesn’t kill the animal first) is with diethylcarbamazine or Ivermectin. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TREAT YOUR ANIMAL AT HOME. YOU WILL KILL IT. Prevention is really important and it’s also really important to get your dog tested for heartworm BEFORE giving it the preventative (even if they have already been on Heartgard or some other heartworm preventative medication in the past) because if the wormer or preventative kills the worms off too quickly, the animal may have an anaphylactic reaction and die. It’s a bad deal.
Reference:
· Pictures of filariasis: http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/dxendopar/quizcanine/Egg%20Quiz.htm
· Lifecycles and more pictures: http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Filariasis.htm
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