Canine Heartworm Antigen Test

product codes 9305 - 5 test  9315 - 15 test  9350 - 50 test

• Proven Technology

• Simple

• Sensitive & Specific

• Results in 20 minutes

• Built in procedural control

• Refrigerated

• Serum or Plasma samples

    Canine Heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) is a common infection of dogs and may infect other mammals. Infective larvae after a period of development in mosquitoes enter the dog's skin during the mosquito's blood meal. These larvae over a period of 5-7 months migrate through tissues to arrive in the lungs, heart, and associated vessels where they mature to adults. Male and female worms mate and produce offspring known as microfilaria which are picked up by more mosquitoes during blood meals to perpetuate the cycle.

    The Canine Heartworm Antigen Test utilizes gold particles attached to antibodies directed against surface proteins or antigens shed by adult heartworms into the host's bloodstream. The deposition and concentration of these gold particles at the test line (T) of the device indicates the prescence of antigens and in turn adult heartworms within the last 12 weeks.

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