Lyme Disease

Lyme Disease (Borreliosis) - Definition
Lyme disease is one of the most common of all infectious diseases transmitted by ticks. It affects domestic dogs and other mammals, including people, when they are bitten by infected ticks.

Lyme Disease (Borreliosis) in Dogs
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LYME DISEASE - also known as Borreliosis burgdorferi (the bacteria), is named after Lyme, Connecticut where the first cases were discovered.

Lyme Disease
Ticks, which are big fleas, can infect dogs with Lyme disease. A tick can transmit this disease when it carries the disease-bearing bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi.

Lyme disease - Lyme disease is a tick borne pathogen. Both dogs and humans are susceptible to the disease, and a red bulls-eye ring around the bitten area on humans is a good indication of infection.

Lyme Disease: Keeping Your Yard Tick-Free, Rhode Island Department of Health.
Muma, Walter: Lyme Disease: Nature Class - March 1997.
Stafford, Kirby C. III: Tick Bite Prevention, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Feb. 1999.

Lyme Disease Vaccine for Dogs
Lyme disease vaccine for dogs is administered to protect the pets against recurrent infections.

Lyme Disease in Dogs
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They are susceptible to Lyme disease due to a low platelet count.
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Dangerous deer ticks, the carriers of Lyme disease, are much smaller and are often not seen by the owner.

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Lyme Borreliosis: More commonly known as Lyme disease, an infectious arthritis caused by spirochete bacteria.
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[17] Others include seborrhea, sebaceous adenitis, and lick granuloma.
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Lyme Disease is unseen until the late stages of kidney failure also in a Golden Retriever.[clarification needed] ...

See also: Distemper, Diarrhea, Rabies, Vomiting, Parvovirus