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Table 7 Owner reported location for exercise restriction following melarsomine injections

From: Improving access to melarsomine therapy: treating canine heartworm infection in a high-volume, outpatient community clinic setting

Intake response

Time frame

Number of dogs

Total dogs

Percentage (%)

Confined to a small space only

 

Between injection 1 and injections 2/3

230

520

44

 

Between injections 2/3 and post-injection microfilaria test

193

414

47

Sometimes confined to a small space

 

Between injection 1 and injections 2/3

184

520

35

 

Between injections 2/3 and post-injection microfilaria test

120

414

29

Free access to large space/No restriction

 

Between injection 1 and injections 2/3

106

520

20

 

Between injections 2/3 and post-injection microfilaria test

101

414

24