Ticks

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Kate Claxton DipAVN(Med)VN — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:41:31 GMT

Never seen it in practice but I believe it's on the increase in pets as well as in people! Far more common in the States as people have already said - it's actually called Lyme disease not Lyme's disease as it's named after the town of Lyme in Connecticut where they had loads of cases in the 70s.

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A Little TLC — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:05:56 GMT

We have just started collecting ticks off different species to send off for research study. Obviously these are all wild animals, so it should be interesting.

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Yelena — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:04:41 GMT

More common in the states than here, Ive seen it once here.

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Jo Mackenzie — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:57:01 GMT

I've never seen it in dogs or cats but my friend's little boy got it a few years ago It's nasty

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Steph Phillips — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:31:15 GMT

I've never seen it.. been in practice 9yrs! isn't it more common in america?

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Maisy — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:01:38 GMT

I've seen two cases over six years working in the south east, but never when working elsewhere in the country. The dogs lived in rural homes with a high deer population close by, however this was also the same for many of the dogs registered at the practice so was a relatively small number. Good combined flea/tick treatment was always emphasised though and most clients were pretty good at following this up.

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S-J — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:40:40 GMT

iv been in practice 5y and never seen it