Heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) 🪱 This parasite is found throughout Australia, with prevelence in SE Qld increasing and it is commonly trasferred from mosquitos. Domestic dogs are a favoured host for adult and microfliaria life cycle stages of the heartworm. As a result our canine companions are more at risk of infection than our feline friends. However, infection can still occur in domestic cats, though it is less likely. Microfilaria (baby worms) can be seen in blood samples as in the video a

To find out more about these treatment methods, scientists put adult Dirofilaria immitis worms 🪱into 45 #dogs. They split the dogs into nine groups of five. After 75 days, two groups got doxycycline orally at 5, 7.5, or 10 mg/kg twice a day for 28 days. They also got ivermectin once a month at 6 µg/kg. Three groups didn’t get any treatment. The scientists checked the dogs before treatment💉🔬, and then 30 and 60 days after.🐶🐕 Whether they followed the 30-day wait period recommended by the Ame