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VCA on preventing ticks and Lyme disease

Kuchyt said grooming can help with dealing with avoid ticks for your pet.
AZ Animals

Tiny But Mighty Threats: How Ticks Transmit Disease to Pets and the Strategies That Work

Tick Bite Prevention Week is around the corner. Now is the time to protect pets from tick-borne illnesses that can lead to ...

4 Simple Ways to Protect Your Pet From Ticks This Spring—and Beyond

One of the simplest ways to keep your pets protected from parasites, including ticks, is to keep them on a preventive approved by your pet's veterinarian. Oral preventatives like NexGard Chews for ...

Animal control officer finds 22 ticks on her after dog rescue in Seymour

Woodbridge’s regional animal control officer ended up covered in ticks after helping to save a dog in a wooded area of ...
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'A canary in the coal mine': California dogs increasingly exposed to tick-borne bacteria

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus, on a leaf. The parasite can spread anaplasmosis and Lyme disease. (Smith Collection / Gado / ...

Urgent warning for UK dog owners as tick season begins - what to do after every walk

Dog owners are being urged to check their pets after walks now that we are entering tick season in the UK.
Los Angeles Times

‘A canary in the coal mine’: California dogs increasingly exposed to tick-borne bacteria

Statewide rates of dogs testing positive for exposure to the bacterium that causes anaplasmosis nearly tripled between 2021 and 2024. The same ticks that spread anaplasmosis also spread Lyme disease.