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heart worm
just wondering, does anyone know what countries have cases of heart worm? i have been trying to google it after talking to an american guy who mentioned it, but it doesnt say anything about where these nasties are
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I know it happens here in the USA.
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yeah i just wonder if we get it in finland. we get rabies so romeo is vaxed against that and tick fever but...heart worm seems so monsterous as well
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Taryn wrote:yeah i just wonder if we get it in finland. we get rabies so romeo is vaxed against that and tick fever but...heart worm seems so monsterous as well
Mine are on a monthly preventative.
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It's deadly and unfortunately the vaccinations are very dangerous too.. You may not get it there as it is a warm weather parasite and it is in the warmer months that vets vaccinate and push vaccinations.. It's a mosquito spread worm so in colder parts of the world I guess there isn't many mozzies
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see i have never even heard of it...and i lived in australia for 17 years, and now i'm paranoid here in finland
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ah you see, finland is full of swamps, so in the summer we get covered in them. but our summer is really short. i'm going to go to the helsinki international dog show on saturday, i might ask someone there
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Yeah ask someone there or next time you visit the vet I can only see Aus and USA on the maps where there have been recorded infestations
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You need to be concerned about heart worms only, if you travel with Romeo to a country, where heartworm is a common problem. To countries like United States, Australia, southern Europe or Middle East But not in Finland.
We are also going to go to the Helsinki International dog show
Taryn wrote:i'm going to go to the helsinki international dog show on saturday, i might ask someone there
We are also going to go to the Helsinki International dog show
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Kat75 wrote:How Heartworms Infect Dogs: It’s Not Easy!
Step 1: To infect your dog, you need mosquitoes (so you need warm temperatures and standing water). More specifically, you need a hungry female mosquito of an appropriate species. Female mosquitoes act as airborne incubators for premature baby heartworms (called microfilariae). Without the proper mosquito, dogs can’t get heartworms. Period.
That means dogs can’t “catch” heartworms from other dogs or mammals or from dog park lawns. Puppies can’t “catch” heartworms from their mothers and moms can’t pass heartworm immunity to pups.
Step 2: Our hungry mosquito needs access to a dog already infected with sexually mature male and female heartworms that have produced babies.
Step 3: The heartworm babies must be at the L1 stage of development when the mosquito bites the dog and withdraws blood.
Step 4: Ten to fourteen days later — if the temperature is right –the microfilariae mature inside the mosquito to the infective L3 stage then migrate to the mosquito’s mouth. (Yum!)
Step 5: Madame mosquito transmits the L3’s to your dog’s skin with a bite. Then, if all conditions are right, the L3’s develop in the skin for three to four months (to the L5 stage) before making their way into your dog’s blood. But your dog still isn’t doomed.
Step 6: Only if the dog’s immune system doesn’t rid the dog of these worms do the heartworms develop to adulthood.
Step 7: It takes approximately six months for the surviving larvae to achieve maturity. At this point, the adult heartworms may produce babies if there are both males and females, but the kiddies will die unless a mosquito carrying L3’s intervenes. Otherwise, the adults will live several years then die.
Kylie, this would make a very useful sticky in the Staffy Health Issues forum section
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kathytake2 wrote:Kat75 wrote:How Heartworms Infect Dogs: It’s Not Easy!
Step 1: To infect your dog, you need mosquitoes (so you need warm temperatures and standing water). More specifically, you need a hungry female mosquito of an appropriate species. Female mosquitoes act as airborne incubators for premature baby heartworms (called microfilariae). Without the proper mosquito, dogs can’t get heartworms. Period.
That means dogs can’t “catch” heartworms from other dogs or mammals or from dog park lawns. Puppies can’t “catch” heartworms from their mothers and moms can’t pass heartworm immunity to pups.
Step 2: Our hungry mosquito needs access to a dog already infected with sexually mature male and female heartworms that have produced babies.
Step 3: The heartworm babies must be at the L1 stage of development when the mosquito bites the dog and withdraws blood.
Step 4: Ten to fourteen days later — if the temperature is right –the microfilariae mature inside the mosquito to the infective L3 stage then migrate to the mosquito’s mouth. (Yum!)
Step 5: Madame mosquito transmits the L3’s to your dog’s skin with a bite. Then, if all conditions are right, the L3’s develop in the skin for three to four months (to the L5 stage) before making their way into your dog’s blood. But your dog still isn’t doomed.
Step 6: Only if the dog’s immune system doesn’t rid the dog of these worms do the heartworms develop to adulthood.
Step 7: It takes approximately six months for the surviving larvae to achieve maturity. At this point, the adult heartworms may produce babies if there are both males and females, but the kiddies will die unless a mosquito carrying L3’s intervenes. Otherwise, the adults will live several years then die.
Kylie, this would make a very useful sticky in the Staffy Health Issues forum section
Done!
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Walpuri wrote:You need to be concerned about heart worms only, if you travel with Romeo to a country, where heartworm is a common problem. To countries like United States, Australia, southern Europe or Middle East But not in Finland.Taryn wrote:i'm going to go to the helsinki international dog show on saturday, i might ask someone there
We are also going to go to the Helsinki International dog show
i'm not taking Romeo, but i'm going to go watch the staffies. i dont know if elmo is going to be there. but its perfect time to buy new toys for my monster
but it is good to know romeo is safe
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