Heartworms Don't Actually Go To the Heart Unless They ABSOLUTELY Have To!

CORRECTION AT 9:16. That's not Mf count because melarsomine is an adulticide. My mistake. It's Heartworm count.

Heartworm is a slight misnomer.

Link to the cool video i wanted to share at the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0akJsqdGJs

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:10 Life Cycle
2:47 Pathophysiology
6:23 Diagnosis
7:47 Treatment
9:40 Pretreatment
11:31 Other Medications
12:00 Treatment Summary
12:25 Caval Syndrome and other concurrent diseases
13:00 Prevention
14:21 Summary

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References:
Merck Veterinary Manual
American Heartworm Society. 2020. Highlights for the Current Canine Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) Infection in Dogs.
Ettinger SJ, Feldman EC, Cote E. 2017. Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine: Diseases of the Dog and the Cat. 8th ed.
Kramer L, Genchi C. 2014. Where are we with Wolbachia and doxycycline: An in-depth review of the current state of our knowledge. Veterinary Parasitology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.03.028
Plumb DC. 2008. Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook. 6th ed.

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