其他摘要：Heartworm Development Units – HDU became a standard method for identification of the infection risk by larvae of Dirofilaria spp. Calculated as the access value of environmental temperature, enable to analyse the date, when biting mosquitoes can transfer parasites into mammals. By analysis of available meteorological data, we found out potentially any settlement from lowlands to submontane regions is warm enough to enable the development of parasites and spreading of autochthonuous infection. Analysis of few years data sets revealed that annually several generation of parasites can develop and path through life cycle. Automated calculation and chart producing tool for standard spreadsheet processor enables analysis of almost any set of meteorological data for local information on risk of dirofilariosis.
其他关键词：HDU; predictive model; dirofilariosis; dog hearth worm; Slovakia.
