Detection of circulating antigen of Dirofilaria immitis has been a mainstay of identifying
heartworm infection in clinical practice for the past three decades. Several validated …

Dirofilaria immitis is a parasitic filarial nematode responsible for heartworm disease in
domestic as well as wild canines and felines and pulmonary or cutaneous infections in …

Objective—To compare heartworm serum antibody (Ab) and antigen (Ag) test results, using
commercial laboratories and in-house heartworm test kits, with necropsy findings in a …

Cats euthanized at six northwest Georgia animal control agencies were examined for adult
Dirofilaria immitis in heart and lung tissue and presence of gastrointestinal helminth ova by …

Necropsies were performed on 630 adult cats in northern Florida to determine the
prevalence and risk factors for heartworm infection in cats of this region. Heartworms were …

Although the presence of adult Dirofilaria immitis in the pulmonary arteries and its
associated arteritis and thromboembolic disease can explain some of the manifestations of …

Cats may be infected by heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, through mosquito bites. They can
develop severe heartworm disease when infective D. immitis larvae migrate and develop …

Objective To determine prevalence of heartworm infection in a population of pet cats with
cardiorespiratory abnormalities and to determine relative usefulness of clinical signs and …

OBJECTIVE To determine the seroprevalence of heartworm infection, risk factors for
seropositivity, and frequency of prescribing heartworm preventives for cats. DESIGN …

Eleven cats with spontaneous dirofilariasis were necropsied; ten were domestic shorthairs
and one was a Persian. The cats ranged in age from 1 to 10 years, and 6/11 cats were male …