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Filariasis

Filarial symptoms are the mosquito-borne filariasis (heartworm), but I happen to be infected with disease from dog to dog. Filariasis are settled mainly in the dog heart and pulmonary arteries, including the heart, lungs, liver, kidney damage and a variety of one is a very serious disease for dogs.Because there is a prophylactic against filariasis, according to the instructions of the veterinarian, please let them drink regular preventive medication. Recently, in addition to medication, some means of injection.

SymptomsThe number of adults are parasitic, infectious period, where parasitic, but can also on behalf of the physique and the size of the dog, if the number of Sukunakere filarial parasites were generally not very simply going symptoms. However, a number will represent a variety of symptoms such as chronic diseases Inufiraria Inufiraria disease and acute.Symptoms, duration of infection (the first six months), the most were found, it too, now have a mild cough for lung Ukketsu first becomes increasingly reluctant to exercise. I have a good appetite and weight loss, hair Dzuyaganakunari, itchy skin, is prone to skin diseases and hair loss.Proceed with more symptoms, and the rough breathing and shortness of breath with exercise such as running a little violent, will be on the right of heart failure symptoms.Many dogs are coughing or by hate exercise, but owners will notice an abnormal, if allowed to stand without noticing that, over time pooled in the abdomen ascites, swollen like a big belly be. To accumulate a large amount of ascites, swelling occurs in the extremities, it also features an unusual want of water.'m Such symptoms before, but it takes usually several years, so could also be killed and come so far, early treatment is required.

CauseHeartworm is a worm that long noodles like a milky white males in length and 12 ~ 15cm, 25 ~ 30cm in females is around.Filarial parasites have a dog, male and female mating with the female in the blood of birth to microfilaria larvae. This along with the larvae of blood around the body of a dog, and then wait with the blood sucked by mosquitoes when holding the dog.Microfilariae in the mosquito sucked the larvae grow for about two weeks in the body of infected mosquitoes. Then enter the body of a dog holding a dog when the mosquito host.Infected larvae into the dog's body, subcutaneous tissues, muscles and internal, 2 months to 3 2cm entered the blood vessels grow in length from about to, go to the heart and pulmonary artery blood Riding Masu. We continued to grow, takes between three to four months until maturity.That is, after filariasis infection, one person would grow at about 6 months. Incidentally, in the heart of the adult dog heartworm, is still alive approximately five to six years.

Diagnostic methodsCheck your blood under a microscope, checking for the presence of microfilariae around.

Method of treatmentFilariasis and when found, the method takes a drug to kill the parasite. Filariasis to death by a drug, but has disappeared, for which decompose in the pulmonary artery blood soon, when there are many parasites in the pulmonary artery is clogged dead worms are numerous, very riskTomonaimasu. Thus, 4 - 6 weeks after therapy and rest, please keep the dog. Preferably, it is better for a walk Hikaeta.In the case of acute filariasis, drug treatment is inappropriate, because it's also very dangerous Performs surgical therapy. In this case, they look like the tip tweezers, the appliance into the carotid artery to the heart from moving freely, then remove the filarial worms.

Method of preventionThe first is to prevent mosquito bites. However, it is impossible to completely prevent mosquitoes.Therefore, in order to prevent heartworm infection is essential that preventive medicine.Drugs administered during the mosquito out. With a degree in medicine so effective in infected larvae until about a month, from May 4 toadministration.For these drugs, the treatment is strictly forbidden amateur. Follow the instructions of the veterinarian, if you drink a decent amount of drugs according to the weight of the dog filarial infection is entirely preventable. From filariasis, but please give the dog to protect.

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