PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The zoonotic filarioid nematode Dirofilaria immitis is transmitted by bloodsucking mosquitoes and causes heartworm disease in dogs and wild canines. In the last decade, D.

Detailed explanation-2: -Heartworms are also internal parasites, though these ones live in the host’s heart, lungs and associated blood vessels.

Detailed explanation-3: -Heartworms are transmitted by mosquitoes. The mosquitoes ingest the immature larval form of the worm (microfilaria) from an infected dog while taking a blood meal. The microfilaria then mature inside the mosquito to the larval form in which they are infective for other dogs and cats.

Detailed explanation-4: -Heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) is a roundworm parasite that is spread to dogs by mosquito bites, causing heart failure in the definitive host canine [1]. Other hosts may include cats, wolves, foxes and rarely humans [1].