SPECTRA 10 WITH LYME SKIN

Recent studies suggest that LD is an emerging health risk in southeastern and south central Canada, mostly due to the increasing geographic range of I. Ixodes scapularis, the blacklegged tick, is the main vector in eastern and central North America and Ixodes pacificus, the western blacklegged tick, is the main vector west of the Rocky Mountains ( 2). In Canada, the agent of LD is the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, which is transmitted by the bite of ticks in the genus Ixodes.

Nephropathy can also occur in the more advanced stages of the disease in dogs, although this is uncommon ( 3). In dogs, clinical disease is a less common outcome of infection than in humans and usually presents as one or more of: fever, anorexia, depression, lethargy, lameness, joint swelling, arthritis, and lymphadenopathy. If left untreated, the disease can progress to arthritic, cardiac, and neurological manifestations.

SPECTRA 10 WITH LYME SKIN

In most human cases, LD presents as a non-specific flu-like illness frequently with a characteristic skin lesion known as erythema migrans ( 2). Lyme disease (LD) is the most common tick-borne disease affecting human and dog health in North America and Europe ( 1).

Spectra 10 with lyme