{"id":61372,"date":"2019-03-20T17:40:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T15:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/?p=61372\/"},"modified":"2019-03-20T17:40:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T15:40:47","slug":"help-heartworm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsofia.com\/en\/help-heartworm\/","title":{"rendered":"Help! Heartworm!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spring is here!<\/p>\n

Flowers are blossoming, trees are turning green! Birds are coming back!
\nMosquitos are coming back as well.<\/p>\n

Mosquitos carry a parasite, called microfilaria. When a dog is bitten, the microfilaria migrates toward its heart and lungs. There it turns into dirofilaria. The dog is sick, it has heart worm.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In 2018 16.9% of the dogs, that came into\u00a0 “The Farm”, were sick with heart worm.<\/div>\n
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The treatment is individual, according the stage of the disease, the damage of the heart it has made and the whole condition of the dog. In most cases it is a month of premidication, which prepares the body of the dog, followed by Immiticide (Immitacide) injection (usually two times in a period of a month).<\/p>\n

This is the most dangerous period of the treatment – the dead dirofilarias may clog the blood vessel and cause heart or brain attack.<\/p>\n

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Tutu<\/em>
\nThe treatment is risky and extremely expensive – we pay per ampule of Immiticide 50 euro. And it is for 10 kg, which means a 30 kilos dog needs 6 ampules – two times X 3 ampules.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nWe have many patients with heart worm at all times in different stages of treatment. Right now there are 3 dogs, who’s pre-medication is over and as soon as possible they must get Immiticide.<\/p>\n

For them, we will ask for your help – the amount is impossible to collect without you!<\/p>\n

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Tutu came to our clinic for a surgery only – she had a large tumor on her leg.
\nOur vets successfully removed the tumor, but meanwhile the test showed she had heart worm as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Atanas\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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Atanas also came here for a different reason – he was in need of orthopedic help. Now, when his leg is fixed, he has one more battle to win -the one with the\u00a0 heartworm. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Nitro<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The elderly Nitro is the last dog in this group. He came recently and is very vital and sweet dog.<\/p>\n

For the 3 of them we need to buy 12 ampules of the medicine. Tutu will need 2X3, Atanas 2X2 and Nitro – 2X1.<\/p>\n

1200 BGN is what Tutu, Atanas and Nitro need to end with the heart worms. We don’t have such amounts.<\/p>\n

Would you help us to help them?
\nWould you donate?<\/p>\n\n

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