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Ask the Vet? Q&A

Nguyễn Văn Nghĩa. DVM, PhD
Topic: Treatment of Heartworms

Dr. Nguyễn Văn Nghĩa is a
specialist in small companion
animal medicine, surgery
and diagnostic imaging, that
provides modern pet care
services through his clinic in
District 2 in Saigon.
A western trained
Veterinarian that has studied
overseas at the University
of Bristol, School of Clinical
Veterinary Medicine located
in the United Kingdom.
Dr. Nghĩa is part of a
small group of dedicated
Veterinarians in Vietnam
using western concepts and
practices in the taking care of
family pets.

Q How do dogs get heartworms? What cause heartworms in a

He is also very active with
local Animal Rescue and
Care groups providing free
spraying / neutering of
abandoned dogs and cats.
A passionate educator who
spends his free time in the
education of young children,
teaching the basics of pet
care and the love and respect
of all animals.

dog? And, can cats get heartworms?

Member of British Small
Animal Veterinary Medicine
Association

from an infected dog. The microfilaria develops inside the mosquitoes. When
the infected mosquitoes bite our dogs, they transmit the microfilaria to our dogs.
The microfilaria then develops in our dog bodies and reaches the heart and
becomes adult heartworms and reproduce. Not all types of mosquitoes transmit
heartworms. Mosquitoes in the northern parts of Europe and North America are
not known host for heartworms. But your dogs living in Vietnam are always at
risk of heartworm.

Lecturer and Faculty Member
of Veterinary Medicine at
the Nong Lam University,
Vietnam

A Heartworms cannot infect blooddogs baby heartworms called microfilaria
our
without an intermediated host: a
mosquito. The mosquitoes suck
with

Cats can also get heartworms but the infection rate is low at about 1-5%. In dogs,
there may be more than 10 heartworm in the heart. In cats a typical infection is
two to five worms.

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