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Dog Heartworm

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 2009
This article is a review of the systematics, taxonomy, biology, prevention, control, and treatment of the canine heartworm, Dirofilaria immitus. This filarioid parasite remains one of the most important and dangerous diseases of the dog throughout the United States.
Dwight D, Bowman, Clarke E, Atkins
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Effects of treatment with ticlopidine in heartworm-negative, heartworm-infected, and embolized heartworm-infected dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research, 1991
SUMMARY Ticlopidine hydrochloride was evaluated for its effectiveness in inhibiting platelet aggregation and serotonin release in 5 laboratory Beagles before and after heart-worm implantation with 7 adult Dirofilaria immitis, and after embolization with 7 dead heartworms to mimic what happens after heartworm adulticide treatment.
M K, Boudreaux   +4 more
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Heartworm and Wolbachia: Therapeutic implications

Veterinary Parasitology, 2008
A safer, more effective adulticidal treatment and a safe method for reducing microfilaremia and breaking transmission of heartworm disease early in the treatment are needed. The present study evaluated efficacy of ivermectin (IVM) and doxycycline (DOXY) alone or together (with or without melarsomine [MEL]) in dogs with induced adult heartworm infection
J. W. McCall   +10 more
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Recent advances in heartworm disease

Veterinary Parasitology, 2004
This compilation of articles consists of four papers presented at the 19th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) (held in New Orleans, LA, USA, on 10–14 August 2003) in a symposium session titled “ Recent Advances in Heartworm Disease,” organized and chaired by JohnW.
J. Guerrero   +6 more
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Pulmonary Manifestations of Heartworm Disease

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 1985
The clinical signs associated with heartworm disease are the result of changes in the pulmonary arterial system. These clinical signs are the result of either pulmonary hypertension or lung parenchymal disease associated with vascular changes. An increase in pulmonary arterial pressure produces an increase in right ventricular afterload, which may lead
C A, Calvert, C A, Rawlings
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Angiostrongylus vasorum: the ‘French Heartworm’

Parasitology Research, 2010
Angiostrongylus vasorum which is commonly known as 'French heartworm' is a snail-born parasitic disease affecting the members of the Canidae family. This parasite has a cosmopolitan distribution covering tropical, subtropical and temperate regions.
Tania, Ferdushy, Mohammed Tabaruk, Hasan
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