Lyme Disease in Dogs
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Canine Lyme Disease Treatment Options
Lyme Disease in dogs can be a nasty, quite debilitating condition.
For this reason, it is important to recognize Lyme Disease symptoms so you can act quickly if your dog shows symptoms of canine Lyme Disease.
Of course, knowing how to remove a tick from a dog is even more important, but ticks are often so tiny that they can go unnoticed even when you check your dog carefully for ticks.
And what about treatment for Lyme Disease in dogs?
Happily, there are natural treatments for Lyme Disease that work by improving liver function and immunity, and working on the bacteria in much the same way that antibiotics do. (Antibiotics is the conventional treatment for Lyme Disease).
Do not take any chances with Lyme Disease, though. If you suspect canine Lyme Disease, see your vet immediately. The natural remedies can be used as an adjunct to the conventional cures for Lyme Disease. And they can be used to keep your dog healthy and perhaps fight the disease before it takes hold.
For this reason, it is important to recognize Lyme Disease symptoms so you can act quickly if your dog shows symptoms of canine Lyme Disease.
Of course, knowing how to remove a tick from a dog is even more important, but ticks are often so tiny that they can go unnoticed even when you check your dog carefully for ticks.
And what about treatment for Lyme Disease in dogs?
Happily, there are natural treatments for Lyme Disease that work by improving liver function and immunity, and working on the bacteria in much the same way that antibiotics do. (Antibiotics is the conventional treatment for Lyme Disease).
Do not take any chances with Lyme Disease, though. If you suspect canine Lyme Disease, see your vet immediately. The natural remedies can be used as an adjunct to the conventional cures for Lyme Disease. And they can be used to keep your dog healthy and perhaps fight the disease before it takes hold.
Symptoms of Lyme Disease
Early symptoms of Lyme Disease in your dog are likely to include what might appear to be a sore foot or leg.
Certainly one of the first symptoms of canine Lyme Disease will be limping. Further investigation will then be likely to reveal lymph node swelling in the affected leg, and an elevated temperature.
Treatment for Lyme Disease in dogs, will consist of antibiotics. There are also natural remedies that can assist heali
Types of Ticks on Dogs that Can Transmit Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease in dogs is transmitted as it is in humans, through tick bites by ticks that carry certain types of bacteria that cause Lyme Disease.
Tick bites from ticks that don't carry these bacteria cannot transmit Lyme Disease to your dog even though the tick may still bite your dog.
There are at least three known species of tick that can carry the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease in dogs, but the most common is the Deer Tick, also known as the Black-Legged Tick.
A Deer Tick bite, therefore, has a relatively high likelihood of transmitting the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease to your dog.
Tick bites from ticks that don't carry these bacteria cannot transmit Lyme Disease to your dog even though the tick may still bite your dog.
There are at least three known species of tick that can carry the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease in dogs, but the most common is the Deer Tick, also known as the Black-Legged Tick.
A Deer Tick bite, therefore, has a relatively high likelihood of transmitting the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease to your dog.
Chronic Lyme Disease
If you fail to treat Lyme Disease very promptly, your dog may end up suffering recurrent, or chronic Lyme Disease. This may also include permanent joint or nerve damage and damage to the heart muscle.
Preventing tick bites is therefore the obvious key to preventing Lyme Disease.
Preventing tick bites is similar to, and can be achieved in conjunction with, preventing fleas.
Preventing tick bites is therefore the obvious key to preventing Lyme Disease.
Preventing tick bites is similar to, and can be achieved in conjunction with, preventing fleas.
What is a Tick?
A tick is a parasite. It is a blood-sucking invertebrate, more closely related to spiders, scorpions and mites, than to insects.
The tick has three life stages - larvae, nymph and adult. As a larvae, the tick has six legs, and eight when it develops into the nymph stage.
It is the nymph tick that is most likely to transmit Lyme Disease, as it embeds itself into your dog's skin for several days before it is either detected or your dog shows symptoms of Lyme Disease. The nymph tick is often only the size of a pinhead, whereas the adult tick grows to the size of a watermelon seed.
Dog owners are often surprised that their dog has developed Lyme Disease, as they are careful to remove ticks from their dog. Many dog owners are not aware that nymph ticks are in fact very small and very difficult to detect as a result.
The tick has three life stages - larvae, nymph and adult. As a larvae, the tick has six legs, and eight when it develops into the nymph stage.
It is the nymph tick that is most likely to transmit Lyme Disease, as it embeds itself into your dog's skin for several days before it is either detected or your dog shows symptoms of Lyme Disease. The nymph tick is often only the size of a pinhead, whereas the adult tick grows to the size of a watermelon seed.
Dog owners are often surprised that their dog has developed Lyme Disease, as they are careful to remove ticks from their dog. Many dog owners are not aware that nymph ticks are in fact very small and very difficult to detect as a result.
How to Remove a Tick from a Dog
Place the tips of tweezers or edges of other removal devices around the area where the mouthparts and head of the tick enter the skin. With a steady, slow, motion, pull the tick away from the skin or slide the removal device along the skin, pulling the tick away as you do so.
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Lyme Disease in Dogs - Experiences and Feedback
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sisdude
Apr 26, 2011 @ 7:00 pm | delete
- Thanks for this information. My puppy just had an adult black tick removed from her side. Disgusting! She only walks in the park, my backyard and on the sidewalk so this is to warn fellow dog owners that dogs are at risk even in the suburbs.
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corbyco
Apr 24, 2011 @ 8:36 am | delete
- Since we moved to Connecticut from the UK we have had no end of problems with ticks. We have deer in our garden almost every day from spring to autumn. Poor Billy has to put up with use brushing and removing all the ticks we have missed from before.
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