TY - JOUR AU - Furtado, Gil Dutra AU - Mendes, Tamara Moura AU - Farias, Leonardo Alves PY - 2020/08/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - SURGICAL INTERVENTION IN CANINE HEARTWORM. LITERATURE REVIEW JF - Environmental Smoke JA - Environ. Smoke VL - 3 IS - 2 SE - Short Communications DO - 10.32435/envsmoke.20203286-90 UR - https://environmentalsmoke.com.br/index.php/EnvSmoke/article/view/109 SP - 86-90 AB - <span lang="EN-US">In Brazil, surgical intervention in the treatment of dogs heavily infected by <em>Dirofilaria </em>nematode is an uncommon procedure. This is a technique where mechanical removal of the parasite is performed using plenty kinds of recovery tweezers. Removing <em>Dirofilaria</em> using recovery devices, such as grasping forceps, is an efficient and safe therapeutic alternative for treating dogs with a high load of this worm.</span> ER -