Something’s wriggling in this dog’s blood sample! 🔬🩸 Meet “microfilariae,” the larvae of the dreaded female heartworm. After roughly 6-7 months, these larvae will mature into adult heartworms, grow up to 14 inches long (😳), and reproduce more offspring. Left untreated, this dog could end up with hundreds of them in his body causing long-term damage to the lungs, heart, and arteries and even sudden death. Since it was caught, he will undergo treatment which involves several months of medicatio
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Something’s wriggling in this dog’s blood sample! 🔬🩸 Meet “microfilariae…
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What you are seeing is microfilaria - the larval stage of heartworm. This was found after getting a positive heartworm test result on one of our patients today. We did a blood drop test to confirm. We are seeing more and more heartworm positive cases here in the Pinery and want to protect our patients. This shows why it is so important to keep your pet on Heartworm Prevention year round. It is spread by a mosquito - your pet doesn't need to be around other dogs or cats to get it. Once the outdoo
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Central Vet | Mixed Animal Veterinarian on Instagram: "What you’re seeing here are microfilaria, the early life stage of heartworms circulating in a dog’s peripheral blood under a microscope🔬🐶 After adult heartworms reproduce in the heart and nearby blood vessels, their offspring enter the bloodstream. These microscopic larvae don’t cause symptoms on their own, but their presence helps with diagnosis and disease spread via mosquitoes. 🦟 Southern Manitoba is considered one of the regions in Ca
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Heartworm disease is not just a “tropical” problem 🚩 I diagnosed this patient in my hometown of London, Ontario (southwestern Ontario 🇨🇦), meaning exposure can happen much closer to home than most pet parents realize. Heartworm is spread by mosquitoes and, as outlined by the American Heartworm Society, it is now a year round risk that continues to expand into northern regions due to global warming 🔥 In this video you can see live microfilaria in a sample of this patient’s blood. Microfilaria
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