Ticks and Lyme Disease

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You may find it easier to have conversations with your customers about ticks if you can relate any potential dangers
they pose to humans as well as pets. For example, ticks can transmit serious infectious diseases such as Lyme disease
to both pets and humans.

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This image shows a typical bull's eye rash which can appear in humans at the site of a tick bite after the bacteria which causes Lyme disease has been transmitted. Ticks can also cause a local reaction in pets: inflammation and irritation at the attachment site that can lead to infection and abscessation.

In terms of transmitting infectious diseases to animals and humans, ticks are second only to mosquitoes.⁷ They can also transmit babesiosis to dogs, which can be fatal, highlighting the need to protect against these dangerous parasites.