A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Can dogs get heartworms from other dogs?

Best Answers

A: It can only be passed on by mosquitoes. It's a specific parasite that only affects dogs and cats and ferrets and other mammals. In rare cases, heartworms have infected people, but it does not complete its life cycle. The heartworm will migrate to the lung and cause a round lesion that looks like a tumor. read more

NO! Heartworms are spread by infected mosquitos. If a dog has heartworm and is bitten by an infected mosquito, the heartworm can be passed to another dog via the mosquito. The mosquito has to host the heartworm long enough for it to mature and be able to infect the next victim the mosquito bites. read more

A: Only by the bite of an infected mosquito. There’s no other way dogs get heartworms. And there’s no way to tell if a mosquito is infected. read more

Because heartworms live inside the heart, too many of them can cause the dog's heart not to work very well and the dog can get sick. In small dogs and cats even a few worms can cause a big problem. Dogs get heartworms when an infected mosquito bites them. The mosquito got infected by biting another dog that already had heartworms. read more

Encyclopedia Research

Wikipedia: