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Ticked Off – New Info on Lyme Disease

Blame it on global warming (warmer winters), less snow, increased deer populations, or natural tick population cycles; Lyme disease caused by a Borrelia species and spread by feeding ticks, is on the rise and has been for several years. Canines typically do not show symptoms of early infection as humans do. Instead, they commonly develop fever, lamenesses, arthritis, swollen and painful lymph nodes, and general soreness 2 to 6 months after contracting the disease. Less often, some animals go on to develop neurologic disease , severe, generally fatal kidney disease or heart complications.

AAVC Veterinarians

Gretchen Wilson
DVM, Kansas State University

Dan Bloomquist
DVM, University of Minnesota

Heidi Jahnke
DVM, University of Wisconsin

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