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We are loving our new equipment we had training on earlier this week! We now have a machine that reads cytology samples using artificial intelligence! How cool!! π€
Today we found microfilariae (baby heartworm) in one of our patients blood samples. This microfilariae has the potential of growing to be a foot long in its adult stage and a single dog can end up with up to 250 adult worms living inside of it.
Prevention is key and so simple!
Annual testing of all dogs on heartworm prevention is recommended.
Dogs that are 7 months of age and older should be tested for heartworms before starting heartworm prevention.
A dog may appear healthy on the outside, but on the inside, heartworms may be living and thriving.
If a heartworm-positive dog is not tested before starting a preventive, the dog will remain infected with adult heartworms until it gets sick enough to show symptoms.
Heartworm preventives do not kill adult heartworms.
Also, giving a heartworm preventive to a dog infected with adult heartworms may be harmful or deadly.
If microfilariae are in the dogβs bloodstream, the preventive may cause the microfilariae to suddenly die, triggering a shock-like reaction and possibly death.
Call us today for more information or to schedule your pets annual heartworm test!