Sentences with phrase «for tick exposure»

Not exact matches

Inspect your dog daily for ticks, use flea and tick prevention products, and keep your yard landscaped to reduce tick exposure.

My husband tested positive for four different tick infections along with highly elevated mercury, two mold exposures, a parasite, and a staph infection.

We offer a canine Lyme vaccination for dogs who are at risk for exposure to areas with ticks.

In our area with the amount of water exposure we find that the Frontline spray lasts longer for tick control than Topspot does.

Cats are not as prone to eating things but are commonly seen to treat toxicities for: various ingested plants (lilies are a big one), rodenticide, and exposure to canine flea / tick prevention.

In dogs with previous exposure to infected deer ticks, the recombinant protein form of the vaccine may be safest — ask your vet to determine which form of vaccine is best for your situation.

Lyme (Borrelia Burgdorferi) Recommended for dogs that have exposure to ticks.

This vaccine is generally recommended only for dogs with a high risk for exposure to Lyme disease - carrying ticks.

Bravecto for Cats may be administered every 8 weeks in case of potential exposure to Dermacentor variabilis ticks.

The Lyme vaccine is beneficial for dogs that hunt, go hiking, camp with their owners, or will have any type of exposure to ticks.

It is for these reasons that many feline guardians choose to have their pets on heartworm preventative medication like Heartgard for cats as well as flea and tick control products like Advantage II and Frontline Plus, even if outside exposure is minimal.

Overall, flea collars can be very useful in your fight against fleas and ticks, especially for outdoor dogs who live in areas with high flea and tick exposure.

We recommend it for any dog that has exposure to ticks.

Therefore, preventing exposure to ticks is important for you and your dog.

The common belief is that because their pet resides in Manhattan and they don't travel to Connecticut or upstate their pet is not at risk for flea and tick exposure.

For this reason, a few manufacturers of topical flea and tick products, such as The Hartz Mountain Corporation, have starting using the same active ingredients for both cat and dog products to help reduce the likelihood of accidental exposure in multi-species householFor this reason, a few manufacturers of topical flea and tick products, such as The Hartz Mountain Corporation, have starting using the same active ingredients for both cat and dog products to help reduce the likelihood of accidental exposure in multi-species householfor both cat and dog products to help reduce the likelihood of accidental exposure in multi-species households.

Also for dogs, there's the IDEXX 4DX Snap test, which tests for Lyme exposure (in clinically and sub-clinically infected dogs), exposure to Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma platys (tick diseases), detection of antibodies to Ehrlichia canis or Ehrlichia ewingii (more tick disease), and canine heartworm (spread by mosquitoes).

Annual heartworm testing and screening for exposure to tick - borne diseases is also recommended for our canine patients.

Texas is a high - risk state for ticks, and racing greyhounds in particular are at high risk for exposure across the US.

It is a good idea to check your dog for ticks whenever your dog has had possible exposure.

In cats, brain inflammations (encephalitis), as yet unexplained degenerative changes in the cat's hippocampal portion of the brain (ref1, ref2), exposure to toxic substances, flea and tick control products, traumatic brain injuries, abnormal body metabolism, brain tumors and FIP account for most of the rest.

The doctors of Windmill Animal Hospital recommend using Sentinel as a combination preventative for all dogs with low risk of tick exposure and flea infestation.

Lastly, the heartworm test also screens for exposure to tick - related diseases such as Lyme, Anaplasma, and Ehrlichia, all of which are present in Richmond.

In areas where there are a large number of infected ticks, up to 90 % of dogs could test positive for exposure.

Remember that screening all pets annually for exposure to infected ticks is a leading line of defense.

Although it is a very good idea to manually check your dogs for ticks whenever they have possible exposure, it is possible to miss one or more ticks with this method.

In field cases for natural exposure to the Lyme Disease organism, following a incubation period of two to five months post tick bite, most dogs suffer no symptoms and simply test positive whereas 5 % of exposed dogs get fever, anorexia and lameness.

Outdoor cats face dozens of dangers, including cars, other cats ready to fight for love or territory, and exposure to fleas, ticks, worms, as well as sickness or death from eating spoiled food or household poisons.

Use other chemical preventives for heartworm, fleas, and ticks, only if exposure risk warrants their use in your area.

Potential impacts of climate change on the transmission of Lyme disease include: 1) changes in the geographic distribution of the disease due to the increase in favorable habitat for ticks to survive off their hosts; 85 2) a lengthened transmission season due to earlier onset of higher temperatures in the spring and later onset of cold and frost; 3) higher tick densities leading to greater risk in areas where the disease is currently observed, due to milder winters and potentially larger rodent host populations; and 4) changes in human behaviors, including increased time outdoors, which may increase the risk of exposure to infected ticks.