5 Facts About Tick-Borne Diseases You Probably Never Heard Of

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If youre a pet parent, you already must be
knowing about ticks. They are creepy crawly
critters that not only cause havoc to your pets
lives but at the same time, to you as well. These
nitpickers are also capable of spreading numerous
diseases known as tick-borne diseases. Well be
looking at some facts with regards to this that
you perhaps might have not heard of. So, without
further delays, lets get straight into the facts.
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5 Tick-Borne Disease Facts You Probably Didnt
Know

• Below we have listed 5 tick-borne disease facts
  that you probably never heard of. Once you go
  through them, we suggest spreading the word to
  other pet parents so that they too can help their
  pet stay safe. After all, sharing is caring!

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Fact 1
It takes more than a day for ticks to transmit
the deadly Lyme disease.
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• Generally speaking, ticks (or even a single tick)
  must be attached to the pets body for more than
  a day (approximately 36 hours) for them to be
  spreading the Lyme disease bacteria.
• Thus, it becomes all the more important to check
  your buddys fur every single day, especially
  after their outdoor walks and playtime. Besides,
  it is better to get your pet into a tick
  preventative schedule.
• Prevention is always better than cure, right?

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Fact 2
Babesiosis attacks a dogs red blood cells and
can potentially cause anemia.
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• Babesiosis, a type of tick-borne disease, is
  generally very severe in dogs.
• Some of the symptoms related to such a disease
  are pale yellowish gums, darkish colored urine,
  swollen lymph nodes, fever, and depression.
• This particular disease attacks all the red blood
  cells, and by doing so, leads to another disease
  called anemia.

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Fact 3
Dogs have a higher risk of contacting Lyme
disease than humans.
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• First things first, Lyme disease can affect both
  humans and pets.
• However, the unfortunate part is, pets are more
  susceptible to the disease than humans.
• In fact, pets are 50 more likely to get Lyme
  disease than humans.
• Moreover, this disease is more likely to first
  affect your pet and then affect the human that is
  in close connection to the infected pet.

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Fact 4
It was not until 1981 that the connection between
Lyme disease and ticks were proved.
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• Most of us know that ticks are the main carriers
  of dangerous Lyme disease. But before 1981, not a
  soul knew about this.
• Although six years earlier it was recognized, it
  was until 1981 that scientist named Willy
  Burgdorfer made the connection that ticks indeed
  spread Lyme disease.

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Fact 5
In the 1990s a town voted to remove all the deer
in order to curb the spread of Lyme disease.
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• Deer ticks are the prime suspect of spreading
  Lyme disease.
• With the growing number of Lyme disease cases, a
  small island town of Monhegan in Maine had voted
  to remove all the deer on that island so that the
  spread of Lyme disease can be put to an end.

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Interesting facts, isnt it?
Well, its time now to go and spread these
interesting facts among your friends and other
pet parents so that they too can learn more about
ticks and tick-borne diseases.
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