Dog health articles
April 20, 2013 • 2:22 am 0
Throughout the United States and Canada, there are a number of ticks that carry a number of serious diseases. And some ticks are known to carry more than one of these diseases, which can lead to multiple infections, or coinfection, that can complicate treatment and lead to greater health risks.
Full article: Ticks and the diseases they transmit are found in all 50 U.S. states.
Filed under: Tick-born diseases, Ticks
November 17, 2012 • 12:15 am 0
Improved detection confirms significant threat from lone star tick, supports need for year-round tick control in dogs.
Source article: Risk of Ehrlichia species exposure on the rise across portions of U.S.
Filed under: Ehrlichia, Tick-born diseases
November 3, 2012 • 9:25 pm 0
Tick panels, or vector-borne disease panels, help to identify patients with tick-borne illness. But they have also likely led to overdiagnosis and overtreatment of disease.
Full article dvm360: Lecture Link: Vector-borne disease panels: Don’t take the results at face value
Filed under: Tick-born diseases, Vector-borne disease panels, Vector-borne panels
July 14, 2011 • 8:14 am 0
Traditional diagnosis of Lyme disease involves running “tick titers” to look for antibodies to the spirochete (the bacteria that causes Lyme disease is in a class of bugs known as spirochetes). However, a positive titer means nothing more than exposure to the spirochete or possibly a Lyme vaccine — it does not mean that an active Lyme infection is occurring.
Read more at The Vet Blog: New test for Lyme Disease May be More Accurate
Filed under: Multiplex lyme disease test
June 22, 2011 • 3:25 am 0
Not something you’d think of as a symptom of Lyme disease. But it seems that it can happen.
Read more at Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation: Lyme Disease/Aggression in Dogs
Filed under: Aggression, Lyme disease
June 8, 2011 • 2:47 am 0
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a disease transmitted by ticks.
There are two stages of Rocky Mountain spotted fever: Subclinical and acute. In the subclinical stage, dogs are infected, but do not show outward signs of the disease though they may have laboratory test abnormalities.
In the acute stage, dogs may have a variety of clinical signs, which can mimic many other diseases. These include a loss of appetite, fever, depression, pain in the muscles and joints, swollen lymph nodes, and edema (fluid accumulation) in the face and legs.
Read more at PetEducation.com: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs
Filed under: Rocky mountain spotted fever, Tick-born diseases, Ticks
June 6, 2011 • 4:45 am 0
Each year, thousands of dogs are infected with serious diseases that are transmitted by ticks. Commonly known as vector-borne diseases, these include ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and others.
Information resource at Dogs and Ticks
Filed under: Tick-born diseases, Ticks
May 3, 2011 • 7:22 pm 0
Are you familiar with tick-born diseases?
Learn more at CDC: Tickborne Diseases of the U.S.
Filed under: Tick-born diseases, Ticks
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