Guest Anonymous Posted April 25, 2003 Posted April 25, 2003 Has anyone out there used Revolution heartworm as their dog's heartworm preventative? Quote
jen Posted April 26, 2003 Posted April 26, 2003 no sorry :( , but i`d be interested to hear from anyone that has!! Quote
courtnek Posted April 26, 2003 Posted April 26, 2003 No, I use Heartguard - have not heard of Revolution, but THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR POSTING THAT!! With all the stress involved losing Alex, I am 3 days behind on Freebee's heartworm pill! Thank you!! Quote
courtnek Posted April 26, 2003 Posted April 26, 2003 You dont have heartworm in the UK? Why? No mosquito's or none carrying the heartworm disease? Sorry, I've never been there..... Quote
courtnek Posted April 26, 2003 Posted April 26, 2003 Or did you mean you dont have Revolution Heartworm medicine there? sorry... Quote
jen Posted April 26, 2003 Posted April 26, 2003 thanks mouseatthebusstop, i was just curious as my sister lives in australia and has 5 dogs :D Quote
Malamum Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 I've heard of Revolution but I use Heartgard. Quote
imported_Cassie Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 Imagine living in Hawii, they have no mosquitos! lucky them. I live in Canada and we do not have heart worm in the area I live either. So I have never used Revolution myself (for my Dogs!)..but we do sell the product in the clinic I work at....we advise Customer's who may be travelling to put their dog on a heart worm preventative....and the Vets really seem to like Revolution. It's a topical treatment like advantage and its supposed to be a great product which is used for treatment & prevention of fleas (kills the adult fleas & prevents flea eggs from hatching for 1 month), treatment of ear mites, some internal parasites (although it may not kill all types of Roundworms, hookworms) and treatment of some mites (sarcoptic), controls infestations of ticks (American Dog Tick, it does not control Deer tick which is the carrier of Lyme disease) and of course it is used as a preventative for Heart worm...it can be given to heartworm positive pets to help prevent further infection while treating the adult heartworms. Quote
courtnek Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 Good Lord!!! WHERE HAVE I BEEN????? I always just assumed that heartworm was a world-wide thing. I never realized it was only in the states..... Quote
Malamum Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 Unfortunatley we get it in Australia too :( Quote
ellieangel Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 Just for your info ! There's was an article a few months back in 'dogs today' magazine which warned that heartworm is rare in the uk but it is around. There is evidence that slugs and snails can be carriers so if your pooch has a snack on these from time to time :roll: it might be worth investing in a preventative-I'll try and find the article. I have a feeling that stronghold spot on guards against heartworm along with fleas. Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 thanks for that elle-- I had no idea-- maybe I will switch to stronghold I use frontline at the moment-- Paddy only picked snails up when he was a little puppy :) Quote
imported_Cassie Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 There's was an article a few months back in 'dogs today' magazine which warned that heartworm is rare in the uk but it is around. There is evidence that slugs and snails can be carriers so if your pooch has a snack on these from time to time quote by ellieagel I would love to see that article...do these slugs and snails bite??? ouch, I'd hate to live there! :o At the Vet Clinic I work at...as far as we know Heart worm is only spread from the bite of a Mosquito (which is the intermediate host)...an adult heart worm will lay very tiny larvae called microfilariae. The microfilariae can live up to 3 years in the dogs blood stream. These microfilariae enter a mosquito when it sucks blood from and infected animal. In 2-3 weeks the microfilariae develop into larger larvae in the mosquito and migrate to the mosquitos mouth. When the mosquito bites another animal, the larvae enter the animals skin where they live for 3 months and grow to a size of 3 inches... Did you know that there have been reported cases of humans having heart worm....we humans can also be infected with heart worm, but instead of migrating to the heart, the larvae migrate to the lungs. There the Larvae can block vessels causing an infarction. At the site of the infarction, a nodule (solid bump or lump in the skin) develops which can be seen on radiographs. Usually the person has few, if any signs of infection. The recommended treatment is surgerical removal of the nodule. Quote
ellieangel Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 Ok a made a mistake !! :-? I found the article-Heartworm is pretty much unheard of over here still but it is making it's way over from europe unfortunately so I guess it's only a matter of time :-? ,yes it is stronghold that has a built in heartworm preventative. :) The worms that can be picked up from slugs and snails are lungworm (my mistake -sorry) Quote:'Angiostrongulus vasorum has been present in small isolated areas of mailand Britain(cornwall and later south Wales) for more than 20 years, but recently cases have been identified outside these areas. The parasite,A.Vasorum is known as canine lungworm or 'french heartworm'. The adult worms which are about 1 inch long and slightly thicker than a human hair,live in the right ventricle and pulmonary artery(this is the side of the heart that pumps blood from the body into the lungs) If there are sufficient worms living there they may cause the dog to suffer from heart failure.......' 'The larvae must be eaten by an intermediate host where they can continue their development.Several different cold blooded creatures can act in this capacity-including species of slug snail and frog. When development is complete,the larvae patiently wait inside the body of their intermediate host (e.g. a slug) until a dog comes along and eats the host.The dogs digestive system breaks down the tissues of the intermadiate host freeing the larvae.These larvae now migrate through the walls of the intestines towards the liver and on to the heart where they complete their development and become sexually mature adults.' So you can see although they are called 'lungworm' they cause all the trouble in the heart-that's where I got confused- sorry cassie it's an old article (august 2001) so my brain was a bit rusty :roll: Quote
imported_Cassie Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 Ellieangel, there are so many different types of worms out there which all have their own intermediate hosts etc...it's hard to keep track :lol: Quote
courtnek Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 quote: Did you know that there have been reported cases of humans having heart worm....we humans can also be infected with heart worm, but instead of migrating to the heart, the larvae migrate to the lungs. No, I didnt, but it doesnt surprise me. The disease that killed Alex (blastomycosis) can also be gotten by people. We are so close to each other now we can share illnesses.... People used to think it was just rabies.....so many things have been learned since then... Quote
Rosebud Posted April 27, 2003 Posted April 27, 2003 :-? :o Courtnek please don't rub your eyes after working the your flower beds. Please, please wear gloves till you know your yard is clean. :angel: Quote
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