Heartworms are transmitted by mosquitoes?
Heartworms are transmitted by mosquitoes?
Heartworms reproduce in the dog's body and microscopic larval forms then circulate in the bloodstream. When a mosquito takes a blood meal, some of these larval forms go into the mosquito. These larvae have to develop in the mosquito for about 3 weeks, at which time the mosquito can pass the infective heartworm larvae to a new host.
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