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re: Update in OP; Treating young lab for heart worms
Posted on 2/3/16 at 10:54 am to maisweh
Posted on 2/3/16 at 10:54 am to maisweh
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and it worked..
What people don't realize is that this method isn't actually killing adult worms. You're just killing the microfilariae (baby worms) and preventing any new infective larve from being deposited in the blood. The adult worms are just running their natural course in the heart and major vessels until they die - damaging the heart all along the way.
This method is also suspected to be a cause for ivermectin resistant heartworms in endemic areas (like LA).
This post was edited on 2/3/16 at 10:56 am
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Posted on 2/3/16 at 1:29 pm to AubieALUMdvm
Aubbie DVM is exactly correct. Slow kill just kills the microfilariae while the adults are still alive. They are damaging the heart while they are still alive and live for 3-5 years. Our parasitologist in vet school does not recommend this at all
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:42 pm to AubieALUMdvm
This thread is frightening.
I'm sure my wife has been using the cheapest prevent meds possible, so i doubt they will cover any future worms. But i'll be checking when i get home.
I'm sure my wife has been using the cheapest prevent meds possible, so i doubt they will cover any future worms. But i'll be checking when i get home.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 8:39 am to AubieALUMdvm
Slow Kills? Are we talking the antibiotic route? My understanding is that Heart Worm medicine is given every month to kill new worms introduced into the body via mosquito reinfection. It is correct that the normal monthly meds do not kill adult worms. The antibiotic, from my research, combat a microbe in the gut of all heartworms need ed for digestion and severely reduces the life expectancy of adult worms. Like I mentioned before, 6 months after completing treatment, my dogs were heart worm free.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 11:31 am to AubieALUMdvm
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AubieALUMdvm
So what do you recommend me put my 7 week old lab/ great pyranese on?
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