Blog: Pet Parasite Prevention
What is Anaplasmosis?
Like Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis is a bacterial disease spread through the bite of the black-legged deer tick. The disease is transmitted while the tick is attached and feeding. It can affect dog, cats and humans.
Tick Season is Back
With the cooler weather we have recently had, ticks are moving again. Here at Clappison Animal Hospital, we have seen an increase of ticks. We have identified most ticks as Black Legged Ticks which can carry Lyme disease.
Leptospirosis; So What’s This About?
Leptospirosis is a common zoonotic (transmissible to humans) disease found all over the world. Dogs become infected after exposure to contaminated urine from infected, shedding wild animals.
