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Pathobiology professor Scott Weese, who developed the Tick Tracker, says the data could serve as an “early warning system.” By Isabel Teotonio August 7th, 2017 When Ellen Holmes takes her two cocker spaniels for a walk on her 40-hectare property — a pooch paradise made up of ponds, trails and thick brush — they always…
Feb. 23, 2017 Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press They’re already back. All it took was an unusual February warm spell this past week for the tiny insects causing an increasingly big problem in Michigan to become active once again, beginning their hunt for blood. “A student in the medical entomology lab just brought in six adult blacklegged…
By Jim Moodie, The Sudbury Star, August 26th, 2015 The city is experiencing a minor rash of Lyme-carrying ticks, any one of which could cause a major rash to form on the skin of an infected person. On Tuesday, the Sudbury and District Health Unit reported two blacklegged ticks had tested positive for the Lyme disease…
Published on June 23, 2015 AmyWoolvett SHELBURNE -The number of documented cases of Lyme disease in people, a tick-borne illness, has tripled in recent years in Nova Scotia. Those figures are are even more startling in dogs, especially in Shelburne County. When Jordan Branch Veterinary employee, Theressa Bower, first began testing canines for Lyme and…
Abstract Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne disease caused by R. rickettsii in North and South America. Domestic dogs are susceptible to infection and canine RMSF can be fatal without appropriate treatment. Although clinical signs of R. rickettsii infection in dogs have been described, published reports usually include descriptions of either advanced clinical…
June 2nd, 2014 CHCH TV Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Protecting your pet from Lyme disease is often not discussed enough. Watch TV segment
By Doug Lunney,Winnipeg Sun First posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 04:43 PM CDT | Updated: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 04:48 PM CDT Colleen Holloway routinely sees dogs in hard-luck situations, so it’s not often when one strikes her as particularly severe. “We’ve had few heart worm moms come in, but this is a pretty vicious…
Abstract Residents of remote and Indigenous communities might experience higher exposure to some zoonotic parasites than the general North American population. Human sero-surveillance conducted in two Saulteaux communities found 113 volunteers exposed as follows: Trichinella (2.7%), Toxocara canis (4.4%), Echinococcus (4.4%), and Toxoplasma gondii (1.8%). In dogs, 41% of 51 fecal samples were positive for at…
