La i-canine filariasis, esidume kakhulu ngokuthi i-heartworm, yisifo esibi esivela kuma-parasitic, esithinta kakhulu inhliziyo kanye nemithambo yenja yamaphaphu. Konke lokhu kuholela ezinkomba ezimbi kakhulu, njengokuphefumula kanzima noma ama-arrhythmias abukhali. Ngenhlanhla, isayensi yezokwelapha inezinyathelo ezisebenza ngempela ukuvimbela lesi simo.
Lesi sifo sidluliswa ngokulunywa umiyane onaleli gciwane, futhi sidalwa yisinanakazana esibizwa ngokuthi I-Dirofilaria immitis. Yisibungu esihlala enhliziyweni yesilwane bese sibeka izibungu zaso ngaphakathi kwaso, lapho ziguquka zibe yizibungu ezindala ezibizwa ngokuthi i-filariae. Zingalingana zifike ku-30 cm ubude, zithinte kakhulu izitsha zamaphaphu nemithambo yegazi.
I-Los izimpawu Lokho kubangela ukuthi konke lokhu kubonakale lapho ukutheleleka sekuvele sekusabalale kabanzi, izinyanga ngisho neminyaka ngemuva kokutholwa. Zihlukahlukene kakhulu futhi zidideke kalula nalezo zezinye izifo: izinkinga zokuphefumula, ukunganaki, isiyezi, ukuquleka, ukuphuma kwamakhala, ukukhwehlela nokulahlekelwa isifiso sokudla. Esibonakalisweni sokuqala inja yethu esinikezayo, kufanele simyise ngokushesha emtholampilo wezilwane.
Un ukuhlolwa kwegazi imvamisa kwanele ukuba uchwepheshe anqume ukuthi kukhona yini i-filariasis, yize kwesinye isikhathi izindlela ezinjenge-X-ray ziyadingeka. Uma lesi sifo singakathuthuki kakhulu, singelashwa ngemithi noma ngokuhlinzwa uma izibungu ezindala sezivele zifakiwe enhliziyweni.
Singavimbela lesi silokazane ekutheleleni inja yethu ngezinyathelo ezithile njengokufakwa kwemikhiqizo efanelekile, enconywa njalo ngudokotela wezilwane. Lezi izifutho, amapayipi, namaphilisi, phakathi kokunye. Kufanele sisebenzise lezi zixwayiso ezinyangeni ezishisayo (kusuka ngo-Ephreli kuya ku-Okthoba), noma kungakuhle ukuthi sihlale siqaphile unyaka wonke ngenxa yezinguquko eziqhubekayo kwezinga lokushisa.
Ngokunjalo, omiyane abadlulisa lesi sifo bavame ukuba khona ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezinomswakama ezinezimo ezishisayo, ikakhulukazi eduze kwemifula, amaxhaphozi noma amachibi. Indawo ethinteke kakhulu eYurophu yisigodi saseMedithera.