Canine lyme disease has the same symptoms and can do the same things in dogs as humans. This disease is manifested when a lyme disease tick that is found in the woods or on hunting and fishing trips, will bite and embed its head into the dog. The tick will pass a deadly virus into the blood of the dog that can circulate through the whole body. The tick will need to stay attached for at least 24 hours for the bacteria to get in the blood.

Canine Lyme disease Symptoms:

• Do not want to eat
• Fever
• Swollen in certain areas

You know your dog the best and you can look at the facts from their behavior. If they are showing any of these lyme disease symptoms, and you have recently been outside where there are ticks, you should look your dog over. This is important to do this after every camping, fishing, hunting, and walk in the park trips. This will save your animal a bunch of unwanted pain and discomfort. If you do not notice anything on the skin it might be a good idea to take them to the Vet, and see if they can find anything.

Diagnosis:

Lyme disease dogs can be diagnosed at the Veterinarians office by doing a simple blood test. The Vet will physically look at the dog, and ask you about their symptoms plus use the results of the blood test to determine if the animal does in fact have dog lyme disease.  If your pet does not have this disease you should ask about the canine lyme disease vaccine.

Treatment:

The animal will be put on a strong antibiotic for 3 to 4 weeks to get rid of the bacteria disease. It is extremely important to follow through with all of the treatments every day to keep you pet away from chronic lyme disease. If your dog is on pills 2 times a day try and not miss one dose. Make sure to give it to them at the same time every day-this will ensure good results.

The best way to get rid of canine lyme disease is to prevent it. Get your dog regularly vaccinated for this. Try and stay out of areas that are highly populated with ticks. Check your animal over every time you engage in any outdoor activities.

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