Recombinant Canine Heartworm Dirofilaria Immitis L-asparaginase Protein (aa 1-590) (VAng-Cr4618)

E. coli or Yeast or Baculovirus or Mammalian Cell.

Heartworm

Parasitic Antigens

ELISA, WB, SDS-PAGE, Immunogen, etc.

> 90% pure by SDS-PAGE.

Store at -20°C to -80°C.

Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that is a type of filarial worm, a small thread-like worm, that causes dirofilariasis. It is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The definitive host is the dog, but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and other animals, such as ferrets, bears, seals, sea lions and, under rare circumstances, humans. Heartworms go throughout several life stages before they become adults infecting the pulmonary artery of the host animal. The worms require the mosquito as an intermediate stage to complete their lifecycles. Dogs show no indication of heartworm infection during the six-month prepatent period prior to the worms' maturation, and current diagnostic tests for the presence of microfilariae or antigens cannot detect prepatent infections.