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Lyme Disease in Pets printable fact sheet
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Partners with IDEXX Laboratories to Stop the Spread of Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases in People and Pets
 Pat Smith, President, LDA, with Dr. Matt
Eberts, DVM, Lakeland Veterinary Hospital, Baxter Minnesota. Ms. Smith attended Dr.
Eberts’s presentation on Tick-Borne Infections: The Basics at NAVC (North American Veterinary Conference) in Orlando, Florida, January 15, 2007. Dr. Eberts spoke about Lyme disease and the unexpected rise in cases of anaplasmosis in dogs in his Minnesota-based practice. Anaplasmosis is a Lyme disease co-infection carried by the same ticks that carry Lyme and can infect both people and pets, including dogs, cats and horses. Dogs are sentinels for Lyme disease and are 50 to 100 times more likely to be diagnosed with Lyme disease than their owners. When canine Lyme disease incidence is on the rise, human case numbers generally follow since people share the same space and activities as their pets.
Ticks and Mosquitoes: Could They
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The latest news and in-depth, veterinarian-approved articles on equine health care from The Horse magazine.
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ACVIM 2006: Lyme Disease Update
by: Kim A. Sprayberry, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM
September 2006 Article # 7644
As many as 20% of adult horses in certain areas of the United States are infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete (a type of spiral-shaped bacterium) that causes Lyme disease, according to Cornell University researcher and clinician Tom Divers, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM. Horses are infected through Ixodes tick bites. Divers said that many horses in endemic areas are, or have been, infected, which is evidenced by the fact that 75% of horses in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states already have antibodies against the organism.
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Above used with permission from TheHorse.com
Dogs Have More Reasons Than Ever to Be Ticked Off
Veterinary medicine at the forefront of uncovering multiple tick-borne diseases
WESTBROOK, Maine (May 8, 2006) – When people think of ticks lurking in the woods, their backyard or a park, they often consider the dreaded Lyme disease they may carry. However, new research is discovering many of these eight-legged creatures carry multiple diseases that can be contracted by people — and even more so by their four-legged friends.
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For more information on Lyme in Dogs go to http://www.dogsandticks.com/, which is operated by IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Last Modified: November 30, 2007
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