Lyme Disease in dogs: Lyme Disease in dogs

Lyme Disease in dogs

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It is hard to get an early diagnosis of lyme disease in your own dog. The first sign of lyme disease in humans is a rash, well; animals do not develop this rash. Lyme disease is also not one of the first illnesses that the veterinarian looks for when you take your dog in for a visit. Many other common illnesses can produce some of the same symptoms, so it can be hard to detect.

Lyme disease does affect each dog different as it does with humans. Many dogs that are affected with lyme disease seem to be in pain and many stop eating. They may even run very high fevers. Lyme disease affects the entire body and some dogs may become lame and then even if untreated the lameness can disappear but can reappear later on. Your dog may not even show any signs of an illness for a long period of time and in fact have lyme disease, and then the symptoms can show up a year later.

Diagnosis of lyme disease can be done with a blood test. But, if your dog has had the illness for a long time even confirming that it is, in fact lyme disease can be hard to prove. In many cases, the antibodies that are present when a dog has lyme disease may have already disappeared or have not been created yet.

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So, of course, the best way to go to ensure that your dog does not contract lyme disease is in the prevention. Always groom your dog after they have been outdoors in and around where ticks live, high grass, thick brush, or even in the woods.

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Recent News Articles About Lyme Disease in dogs

B.C. doctor urged to retire because of zealous approach to Lyme disease (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)

A physician sought out by patients for his particular approach to treating Lyme disease is speaking out about a College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. investigation into his views and practices with regard to the disease. ...

University of Wisconsin researchers hunting for disease-spreading ticks (The Capital Times)

A University of Wisconsin research team will be joining the annual deer hunt -- to look for ticks that spread Lyme disease. More than a dozen scientists led by UW-Madison entomologist Susan Paskewitz will head to selected Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources deer registration stations Saturday to collect deer ticks from carcasses brought in by hunters. It's part of a fight against Lyme ... ...

Tips on how to avoid getting Lyme disease (Lowell Sun)

I have been in the medical field now 37 years and there are always heath scares. Now we have another non-discriminating problem on our hands -- Lyme disease. Sure, you have heard of it and probably even know where you get it from, the deer tick. ...

NBC12 behind the scenes: "Lucky shot" -- neighborhood with a deer problem (NBC 12 Richmond)

CHESTERFIELD, VA (NBC12) - The story was about a neighborhood with a deer problem. People had deer sleeping in their yards and eating their plants. We talked to one woman who had gotten Lyme disease from deer ticks. ...

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