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|Articles|March 19, 2014
Heartworm's little friend: How eliminating Wolbachia affects treatment outcomes
Parasite seems dependent on this bacteria for survival, reproduction.
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What happens when you take the Wolbachia bacterium away from heartworms before treating a dog for infection? Sheldon Rubin, DVM, of Blum Animal Hospital in Chicago and immediate past president of the American Heartworm Society, and Laura Kramer, DVM, PhD, DEVPC, of the University of Parma, Italy, discuss.
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