The vet will give your dog a physical exam and ask about the recent contact with ticks. Your vet will run two blood tests called the C6 Test and Quant C6 Test. The C6 Test detects Lyme disease ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett is off this week. This column was previously published in 2019. Q: My veterinarian offers Lyme vaccination, but I’m uncertain whether I should have my dog ...

Deer and white-footed mice give Lyme disease to ticks that bite them. As their habitats shrink, they live closer to people. Dogs also carry ... You may also get a blood test.

Ticks such as these from Maine are now more common than ever, causing a surge in cases of Lyme Disease ... it has fed on my blood, and that of our dogs, virtually crippling me and them.

“Lyme disease is ... Heartworm disease results from a parasitic worm, not a bacterial infection. “Heartworms are blood-borne parasites that infect dogs and cats,” Pavlovsky says.

Babesiosis (the condition caused by the Babesia parasite) causes damage to the red blood cells ... ticks in the UK is Lyme disease, which can lead to kidney failure in dogs. Early signs of Lyme ...

They’re parasitic arachnids about the size of a poppy seed that feed off the blood of mammals ... While there are Lyme disease vaccines for dogs, there hasn't been a vaccine for humans since ...

Smith Q: Every three months, I give my dog a beef-flavored chew that kills any ticks that bite her. She has also been vaccinated against Lyme disease ... ingests a dog’s blood, the antibodies ...

Ticks are becoming more active in Ontario, bringing an increased risk of Lyme disease for people and pets. The number of human-reported Lyme disease cases in Canada has increased steadily during ...

Lyme disease is not a common health condition in dogs, but it’s not rare, either. Black-legged ticks carry this illness. As soon as they hatch, they need a blood meal to survive. These eight ...