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Originally Posted by kjc 
I did see one case online where they did a slow kill regimen, and a monthly preventative with Doxycycline, but then decided to let the adults die off on their own (takes around 5 years), as the monthly was killing off the earlier stages of the larvae, and the Doxy rendered the female adults heartworms sterile (unable to reproduce).
So it all really depends on the dog itself, it's condition, and it's tolerances, and risk factors. |
This is something I have never heard of. The Doxycycline, to my knowledge, is given to eliminate the Wolbachia (spelling?) organism. I have never seen where it has any effect on the heartworms.
Do you perhaps recall where you read that?