Lyme-Disease-Pet-Protection

Health is the foremost important thing for your dog and the most concerned topic for pet parents. This National Lyme Disease Awareness Month, we are here to aware you of one of the most common diseases but a curable one.

Let’s Understand How Lyme Disease Is Spread

Black-legged ticks commonly known as deer ticks are ticks that directly do not harm your pet but are vectors that indirectly affect its prominent bacteria- Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted to dogs through the bite of a tick.

Fortunately, once bitten by a deer tick carrying Borrelia burgdorferi the host is not directly affected by the bacteria rather it takes at least 24hours to be transmitted to your pet or a person. Once the tick is transferred to the host it is carried to many parts of the body affecting majorly the joints and kidneys. 

In the existing environment when the tick is not feeding on a host they spend their time hanging on grasses and live mostly in the wooded areas; while eagerly waiting for their meal from the host. 

Let’s Find Out The Symptoms Of Lyme Disease 

Once your pet is affected by the bite of a tick its body will show some changes which will easily make you analyze the persisting situation of your pet by a deer tick bite. Ideally, the major symptoms are shown in 30 days. But, these common symptoms you would observe at the earliest.

  • Fever
  • Swollen joints
  • Lameness
  • Joint inflammation can migrate from one joint to another
  • Lack of appetite
  • Decreased activity

Since you spot any or all of these symptoms in your pet you must instantly book an appointment with your vet to prevent any further damage to your pet. Luckily, it is a curable disease whose effect can be reduced and the pet can be healthier with an intake of some antibiotics in a routine. 

Learn More: Ticks and Pets – Looking Beyond Lyme Diseases

Let’s Prevent It Before It Is Spread

It is always more important to be ready in-prior than to prepare later. The first and foremost thing to do is to give your pet monthly flea and tick prevention

Prevention works the best in protecting your pet. Even if your pet is bitten by a tick while being secured on a preventive it will kill the tick and would not affect your pet. 

Here Are Some Of The Best Preventives That Work Simply The Best For Your Pet:

NEXGARD CHEWABLES

Nexgard-Chewable-Treatment

This flea and tick oral treatment works for 1 complete month for dogs. These tasty chewable fleas and ticks protect dogs from harmful infestation. It is a new generation oral treatment curing with its advanced killing power through Afoxolaner; its active ingredient.

BRAVECTO CHEWS

Bravecto-Chews

Bravecto chewable is an oral flea and tick treatment for dogs. This chewable treatment is highly palatable and offers protection for exact 3 months. It is three times longer protection as compared to other flea and tick treatments.

Read More: 4 Surprising Flea Diseases You Need to Know

FRONTLINE PLUS

Frontline Plus-Topical-Treatment

Frontline Plus is a fast-acting and long-lasting topical solution that kills all the external parasites. This spot-on treatment successfully destroys all life stages of fleas and prevents flea and tick-borne diseases and their re-infestation.

Above all this, you must have a check on your yard to keep the grass trimmed and tidy. Always use a comb to its fur after a long outside visit and must have a tick picker handy to remove any tick you spot; instantly.