It is spread by ticks that attach themselves to a host and then spread
the lyme bacteria.
A recent Cornell University study showed that canine lyme disease symptoms in Beagle puppies that were exposed didn't appear until 2 to 5 months after they were exposed to
the lyme bacteria.
A positive test result does not mean your cat has lyme disease, it only means that your cat has been exposed to
the lyme bacteria.
Treatment for ticks on cat is with antibiotics to eliminate the bacterial infection from the bloodstream, as different types of
lyme bacteria target the white blood cells and the platelets.
Not exact matches
Monolaurin can actually destroy lipid - coated viruses such as HIV and herpes, influenza, measles, gram - negative
bacteria (such as
LYME), and protozoa (such as giardia lamblia).
The new
bacteria is related to a strain that has long been linked to the disease and was thought to be the only cause of
lyme in the U.S. Researchers came across the new
bacteria after lab tests from six people with suspected
Lyme came back unusual.
Cats do not seem to be effected by the
bacteria which causes
lyme disease.
In this form of canine
lyme disease, the
bacteria enters the white blood cells.
This type of
lyme disease in dogs is caused by
bacteria which infects a type of white blood cell.
This type of
lyme disease is caused by
bacteria that is transmitted by ticks and is also commonly seen in both people and dogs.
Symptoms of canine
lyme disease are dependent on the type of
bacteria that has been transferred by a deer tick to your dog (it is also possible to get
lyme disease from a blood transfusion if the donor was infected).
Most dogs are not natural carriers of
lyme disease and do not show symptoms, even if they have the
bacteria that causes the disease in their blood (Borrelia burgdorferi).