Difference between revisions of "Dirofilaria immitis"
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[[Image:Dirofilaria immitus.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Dirofilaria immitus'' - Courtesy of the Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine]] | [[Image:Dirofilaria immitus.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Dirofilaria immitus'' - Courtesy of the Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine]] | ||
*May cause [[Muscles Degenerative - Pathology#Ischaemia|muscle ischaemia]] in dogs due to arteritis and thrombosis of external iliac arteries and their branches | *May cause [[Muscles Degenerative - Pathology#Ischaemia|muscle ischaemia]] in dogs due to arteritis and thrombosis of external iliac arteries and their branches | ||
| + | *''Dirofilaria immitis'' live in heart and [[Respiratory Parasitic Infections - Pathology#Dirofilaria immitis|pulmonary arteries]] of dogs and cats | ||
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[[Category:Filarioidea]] | [[Category:Filarioidea]] | ||
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- May cause muscle ischaemia in dogs due to arteritis and thrombosis of external iliac arteries and their branches
- Dirofilaria immitis live in heart and pulmonary arteries of dogs and cats