07/03/2023
🪲Your dog has a 2 out of 3 chance of NOT getting Lyme disease. That's because only 1 out of 3 ticks actually carry the bacteria (Borrelia burgdorferi) that leads to Lyme disease.
Researchers estimate that only 10% to 20% of tick bites will lead to Stage 1 Lyme Disease. But if left untreated, 30% of Stage 1 cases will lead to Stage 2 that can infect the skin, joints, kidneys and sometimes the heart.
So that means your dog has about a 1% to 2% chance of Stage 2 Lyme Disease … which can make him very sick. But 98 to 99% of dogs will never reach Stage 1.
To show this, a study infected Beagles with Lyme disease. Yet none of these adult dogs showed any symptoms of the disease. Then they used Beagle puppies with weaker immune systems than adult dogs. The puppies showed about four days of transient symptoms such as fever and lameness. Then ... the pups became asymptomatic. This means their bodies cleared the infection without any treatment.
A lead researcher explained: “95% of exposed dogs don’t get sick, but they become Lyme antibody-positive on tests, which may scare people into thinking they need to be treated. In some areas in New England, 70 to 90% of healthy dogs are Lyme-positive. At PennVet, we found about 40% of healthy dogs are Lyme-positive in our area.”
So, Lyme disease isn’t all that common in dogs. Dogs aren’t that likely to get it, even when infected. In fact, the experts at the ACVIM {American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine) don’t recommend testing for Lyme disease in dogs, or giving the Lyme vaccine.
👉 Read more and see studies here ...
https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/the-surprising-cause-of-lyme-disease-in-dogs/