Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection which affects humans, mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles. It is called leptospirosis because the offending bacteria looks like a long, slender screw or spiral. It is transmitted by the urine of an infected animal. (more…)
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Leptospirosis
Monday, February 8th, 2010Canine Heartworm Disease
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Life Cycle
Figure 1. Diagram of heartworm life cycle from Hill’s Atlas of Veterinary Clinical Anatomy
Canine heartworm is a 23 to 30 cm long worm that resides inside the heart of the dog. The female produces baby heartworms called microfilariae which spread out through all the blood vessels of the dog. When mosquitoes feed on infected dogs, they suck in blood and the baby heartworms. They molt three times inside the mosquito producing L3 (more…)