Fortunately, the majority of dogs diagnosed with heartworm infection are asymptomatic (or
have only mild symptoms such as intermittent cough) and go through adulticide therapy …

Several agents are available for the prevention of heartworm infection. Melarsomine is up to
96% efficacious (after two doses) as a heartworm adulticide in infected dogs. However …

Dirofilaria immitis, the ''inexorable dreaded threadworm,''remains the most serious parasitic
disease of the dog in North America. These worms are white and approximately a foot in …

Background The “susceptibility gap” in a dog diagnosed with adult heartworms has been
defined as the period of time in which some Dirofilaria immitis stages are not susceptible to …

Two unusual cases of heartworm infection are described, including one of spontaneous
rupture of cardiac chambers, most likely due to the progressive increase in pressure within …

Datafromfield trials on petdogs naturally infected withheartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) can
greatly improve the assessmentofthetherapeuticefficacy ofadulticidal drugs. However, a …

Current knowledge of heartworm disease in cats and dogs is presented in 13 chapters
which deal in turn with: the pulmonary arterial response to adult Dirofilaria immitis; …

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Details are given of 7 cases of Dirofilaria immitis infection of cats diagnosed in Georgia,
USA. The clinical signs included coughing, dyspnoea, systolic heart murmurs, gallop …

Objective—To characterize risk factors, clinical findings, usefulness of diagnostic tests, and
prognosis in cats with naturally occurring heartworm infection (HWI). Design—Retrospective …