{"id":470,"date":"2010-06-02T21:57:09","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T21:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/?p=470"},"modified":"2023-10-25T12:40:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T11:40:49","slug":"enfermedad-causada-por-el-gusano-del-corazon-filariosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/enfermedad-causada-por-el-gusano-del-corazon-filariosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Enfermedad causada por el gusano del coraz\u00f3n, Filariosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Se la conoce como <strong>enfermedad del gusano del coraz\u00f3n<\/strong> ya que este es el \u00f3rgano donde estos par\u00e1sitos adultos se alimentan y se reproducen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuando el mosquito infectado pica a un perro o un gato deposita larvas con su saliva; estas se introducen luego en la piel donde se desarrollan y despu\u00e9s migran hasta el coraz\u00f3n donde se convierten en gusanos adultos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las larvas viajan por la sangre, esperando ser ingeridas por otro mosquito que puede transmitir la enfermedad a otro animal. Por lo tanto&nbsp;<strong>no se contagia directamente de un animal enfermo a otro<\/strong>, pero si estos representan un peligro potencial para otros animales. <strong>Tampoco afecta a las personas<\/strong> aunque convivamos con un animal infectado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las larvas que residen bajo la piel no dan s\u00edntomas pero cuando se desarrollan en gusanos adultos pueden obstruir el coraz\u00f3n y las arterias, lo que produce entre otros los siguientes s\u00edntomas: perdida de peso, dificultad para respirar, intolerancia al ejercicio, tos, falta o disminuci\u00f3n del apetito y ruidos pulmonares anormales. En los gatos tambi\u00e9n puede haber taquicardia y v\u00f3mitos intermitentes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En <strong>Espa\u00f1a<\/strong> existen determinadas zonas donde hay una elevada incidencia de esta enfermedad; esto es debido al clima ya que al haber primaveras y oto\u00f1os cada vez mas largos y calurosos la proliferaci\u00f3n del mosquito transmisor es mayor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Para proteger a tu mascota de la enfermedad del coraz\u00f3n&nbsp;<strong>es necesario la aplicaci\u00f3n regular <a href=\"\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/ofertas-antiparasitarios-perros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">antiparasitarios<\/a><\/strong> que eviten que el gusano se desarrolle y cause la enfermedad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En la actualidad existen varios productos id\u00f3neos para este fin que deben aplicarse de manera regular cada mes durante toda la \u00e9poca de presencia del mosquito. El veterinario te asesorar\u00e1 para saber cual es el mas conveniente de acuerdo al peso y la edad de tu mascota; y si viajas con ella a una zona donde hay filaria, es recomendable que le consultes para la prevenci\u00f3n del contagio y que lo trates con estos productos espec\u00edficos desde un mes antes y contin\u00faes hasta un mes despu\u00e9s de regreso a casa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dra. Laura B. Fiorito<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lee todos nuestros <a href=\"\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/etiquetas\/enfermedades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art\u00edculos<\/a> sobre las enfermedades de las mascotas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicanimal.vet\/promocion\/planes-de-salud-junio-agosto-2023\/?utm_source=tiendanimal&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=2306019_campana_plan_salud&amp;utm_content=900x471px&amp;utm_term=Imagen_Post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/3-cuotas-gratis-en-tu-plan-de-salud-45.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40733\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Se la conoce como enfermedad del gusano del coraz\u00f3n ya que este es el \u00f3rgano donde estos par\u00e1sitos adultos se alimentan y se reproducen. Cuando &#8230; <a title=\"Enfermedad causada por el gusano del coraz\u00f3n, Filariosis\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/enfermedad-causada-por-el-gusano-del-corazon-filariosis\/\">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":16091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1099,1107,1109,1104],"tags":[2048],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gatos","category-cuidados-salud-gatos","category-cuidados-salud-perros","category-perros","tag-salud","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/filariosis-enfermedad-corazon.jpg",600,337,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/filariosis-enfermedad-corazon-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/filariosis-enfermedad-corazon-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/filariosis-enfermedad-corazon.jpg",600,337,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/filariosis-enfermedad-corazon.jpg",600,337,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/filariosis-enfermedad-corazon.jpg",600,337,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/filariosis-enfermedad-corazon.jpg",600,337,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Miriam Zazo","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/author\/miriammake\/"},"uagb_comment_info":10,"uagb_excerpt":"Se la conoce como enfermedad del gusano del coraz\u00f3n ya que este es el \u00f3rgano donde estos par\u00e1sitos adultos se alimentan y se reproducen. 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