From:
AFERRETVET@cs.com
Date: 2004-07-31 20:35:46 UTC
Subject: Re: Heartworm ?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <15a.3b21039c.2e3d5ca2@cs.com>
Hi Andrea,
No need to waste a lot of money to "test the mosquito."
Lets start your ferrets on a heartworm preventative (ie Heartgard,
ivermectin, Interceptor, or Revolution). They actually work
by killing any 'new heartworms" (Larva stages) that your
ferrets were exposed to during the past 30 days. Thus it
would cover this mosquito bite.
It takes roughly 6 months after the mosquito bite before the
heartworm test (Idexx snap Elisa test) will detect the heartworms
(adult stage in the heart).
Hope that helps,
Jerry Murray,DVM