Background: Heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) is mosquito-borne filarial nematode capable of causing serious cardiopulmonary disease in canines and felines, and pulmonary dirofilariasis in man. This research was conducted with the objectives...

Between July and August 2009, a total of two hundred crossbreed dogs in three contiguous littoral

provinces of Guilan, Mazandaran and Golestan were sampled. Circulating antigens and/or microfilariae of

Dirofilaria immitis were found...

Clinico-pathologic evaluation of canine heart worm infestation