Dirofilaria immitis

Heartworms are parasitic worms that live in the heart of a dog and is found in areas where mosquitos are prevalent, such as waterways, and coastlines. These worms are called heartworms because the adults live in the heart, lungs, and blood vessels of an infected animal.Heartworms are common in dogs throughout the United States . It matures into adults and produce offsprings while living inside a dog. A dog can have up to 250 worms in its system if not treated in time. When this disease is suspected in a dog, electrocardiograph may reveal heart rhythm disturbances or enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart.They are caused by dirofilaria immitis and spreaded by the bite of a mosquito.When a mosquito bites an infected dog it withdraws…

What is Heartworm? Heartworm disease is caused by the parasitic roundworm known as Dirofilaria Immitis. A parasite is an organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense. Over 70 species of mosquitos can serve as an intermediate host of which the most common carriers would be the Aedes, Anopheles and Culex. It is commonly diagnosed in dogs but can also affect cats as well as ferrets. Infections are also possible in wild animals…

Heartworms in dogs is a disease caused by parasitic intestinal worms, worm Dirofilaria immitis that invade and proliferate in the heart so often called the heartworms disease. However, the worms can also attack the heart, lungs and kidneys. There are five types of worms that should alert the owner of the dog, namely: heartworms, and four types of intestinal worms include roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms, and whipworms. Your local veterinarian will know which worms are often found in the area…

Parasites, whether endoparasites or ectoparasites, cause diseases in animals. The Dirofilaria immitis causes Heartworm disease. Canines that live outdoors has a greater risk of mosquito exposure than any canine that primarily lives indoors. Female mosquitoes feed on the canine’s blood, and if the canine is infected with L1 microfilaria, the mosquito sucks up the larvae that lives in the blood. The next canine that the mosquito takes a blood meal from will be infected with the L3 larvae. This…