Small animal veterinary practice in Northeast Calgary
06/27/2024
Tick prevention is important!
We recently had a dog come into the clinic after the owner found 3 engorged ticks on him. The dog had been running in long grass days previous.
Ticks need a blood meal in order to reproduce. The longer a tick is attached and feeding, the greater the risk of disease transmission and tick reproduction occurring.
After submission of photographs to Alberta's Submit-A-Tick program two of the three ticks began to lay eggs.
The ticks were identified to likely be of the Dermacentor sp. which are potential carriers for diseases such as Tularemia and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
Blood work was done on our canine patient and he thankfully had not contracted any tick borne diseases.
