tick-borne diseases

Those Nasty Ticks and Diseases

by Dr Greg on October 4, 2009

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This tick is engorged with the dog's blood

Tick-borne diseases are those carried and spread by blood-sucking ticks, which inadvertently ingest these “hitchhikers” and transfer them to the next victim. If the immune system of the new host doesn’t fight them off, a tick-borne disease can cause the animal to become ill. [click to continue…]

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