Lyme disease

The Lyme disease is the best known and, unfortunately, often alongside the FSME (early summer meningoencephalitis-) is the only disease with a tick bite is associated.

Lyme disease is told by the pathogen Spirochaeta burgdorferi and can be triggered in some way felt.
The acute and relatively fast onset form of Lyme disease often starts (but not necessarily) with an inflammatory swelling of the bite and a ring-shaped skin around it. As it can be fever, acute dermatitis (skin inflammation), lameness, joint and muscle inflammation or neural abnormalities. This form is actually less common.

Frequently, the infection with Borrelia unnoticed by the owner and only after several weeks or months, then developed the disease symptoms. Again it can be fever, severe disturbances of general condition, neural disorders, movement disorders, paralysis, etc. come.

Proof, if it is really about Lyme disease or another infection, it is still relatively difficult to perform. Too many other types of pathogens can be used by the tests can not be excluded. For this reason, it is now often in areas where ticks do not transmit Lyme disease, falsely diagnosing a disease to Borreliosis.

The common view that only Lyme disease by ticks on the dog is transferred, is not the case. Statistically, only 20-25% of all ticks in some regions (especially in the Southern countries and in southern Germany) is able to transmit Lyme disease pathogen.

Many other symptoms, the result of a tick bite occurs, can not be associated with the disease, Lyme disease can be brought and therefore not covered by the vaccine to prevent Lyme disease. For this reason, and because we also have some of the many violent intolerance reactions have been reported, you should understand the potential benefits and the potential harm being too sensitive and allergy-prone dogs very carefully.