March 1st, 2010
Dog ticks, these creepy blood suckers get under everyone’s skin, sucking up anyone they can while causing irritation and illness in their victim. Ticks spend most of their lives with their mouths buried inside a mammal’s flesh, feeding on their blood. Although ticks are very small, they expand to about 50 times their normal size after they have finished feeding. Dog ticks are also responsible for spreading Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
Fortunately, there are several ways to keep ticks from feeding on your pet.
Below are seven helpful suggestions to keep ticks at bay:
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March 1st, 2010
Summertime is tick time, as people and their pets take to the great outdoors, enjoying camping, hiking, parks or even their own backyards. After spending time outdoors, it’s important to check both your family and your dog for ticks.
Ticks are known to spread Lyme disease, but are also capable of carrying multiple tick-borne diseases, including canine Anaplasmosis found in the black-legged tick. These diseases create a more dangerous outdoor environment for people and their four-legged friends.
During clinic visits, veterinarians are seeing more dogs suffering from co-infection, making a very troubling situation. As dogs suffer from symptoms brought on by more than one tick-borne disease, their immune systems may become weaker making their recovery more difficult.
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February 28th, 2010
If you own a pet you will have fleas in the house from time to time. All dogs pick up fleas, ticks, and chiggers at one time or another,usually during the warm weather months.
Even though there are more than 2,000 known species and subspecies of fleas, only one class of flea called the ‘cat flea’ Ctenocephalides Felisis to blame for almost all the fleas found on cats and dogs in the United States. Although many species of fleas feed primarily on one type of animal, the common cat and dog flea will readily take blood from a variety of animals, including man.
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