Lyme Disease Dog

Lyme Disease Dog

Lyme Disease Dog

Having pets, is a very loving and rewarding experience. When one of our beloved pets get ill, it’s almost like one of our own kids are sick as well, they are practically one of the family to most pet owners.  Dogs in particularly love running around all over the place, that they often can catch stuff and you can end up with a lyme disease dog (Canine Lyme Borreliosis)!

Lyme disease dog is when your beloved pet dog comes down with Canine Lyme disease (CLD) after it has been bitten by an infected deer tick. The two seasons for the biggest amount of exposure rate to Lyme disease in pets is during spring into fall. Most reported cases of Lyme infected dogs are in the Midwestern and northwestern part of the United States.

It is vital to look for ticks on a daily basis and to swiftly remove them if spotted; ticks generally need to feed on your dog for about 24 hours to pass on any disease. Ticks carry various diseases which are harmful to both you and your pet dog. Deer ticks can feed on any part of a dog, but quite often attach and bite at the head, ears, and neck.

Contact your vet without delay as soon as you become aware of any symptoms of Lyme disease in your pet. When acknowledged in its early stages, Lyme’s can be quickly treated and can help prevent your dog from suffering unnecessarily long.

Common symptoms of Lyme disease in pets comprise of fever, sluggishness, lameness, pain, and swelling in the joints. There is the possibility of a bull’s eye rash like area of inflamed skin around the tick bite, which may appear, though it may be difficult to see due to the thickness of a dog’s coat.

If Lyme disease is left untreated, it can attack the muscles in the chest area and even immobilize the respiratory muscles, causing your pet dog to suffocate!

• A dog which is exposed to deer ticks may be a candidate to receive vaccination for canine Lyme disease from the vet, but effective tick control is the most vital aspect in preventing Lyme disease.