Several tick species found in our region include the American dog (wood) tick that caries Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tick paralysis, the Lone Star tick that has gradually traveled to the eastern and southern regions of the country and carries Cytauxzoon felis, a life - threatening disease affecting domestic cats, and tularemia caused by direct with infected animals like rabbits and rodents from tick or fly bites, and the brown dog tick that
carries babesiosis and ehrlichiosis.
Not exact matches
DANIEL GILREIN COURTESY PHOTO An adult deer tick, which are known to
carry pathogens causing Lyme disease,
babesiosis or anaplasmosis.
It
carries Lyme disease as well as anaplasmosis and
babesiosis.
«Ticks can
carry Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever,
babesiosis, as well as several other diseases,» says Griesinger.
Ticks cause allergies and prompt hot spots and
carry a host of organisms able to transmit such disease as Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and
babesiosis that makes pets and people sick.
Preventing exposure to the ticks that
carry Babesia is the best means of preventing
babesiosis.
The brown dog tick
carries the organism causing canine
babesiosis, a blood parasite of dogs.