The lyme vaccine is all risk and no benefit.
Lyme vaccine for dogs pros and cons.
The potential dog lyme disease vaccine side effects.
1 the lyme vaccine can cause lyme disease symptoms.
The belt is a spot on product that kills deer ticks and the lyme vaccine is the suspenders says dr.
Dogs are very susceptible to tick bites and tickborne diseases.
Vaccines are not available for most of the tickborne diseases that dogs can get and they don t keep the dogs from bringing ticks into your home.
Ticks must be attached for at least one to two days to pass the infection to a dog.
Ixodes scapularis black legged tick and the western black legged tick i e.
Even dogs that receive year round tick control products and don t spend a lot of time outside may be at risk for exposure to tick borne diseases.
However the vaccine is not necessarily recommended for all dogs.
The lyme disease vaccine helps prevent disease caused by borrelia burgdorferi the lyme disease organism.
Betsy brevitz dvm a vet in fanwood new jersey and author of the complete healthy dog handbook.
Lyme disease is transmitted by ticks primarily the deer tick i e.
She claims the lyme vaccine is more dangerous than lyme disease.
Holistic vet dr patricia jordan urges pet owners to avoid the lyme vaccine for their dogs.
Tick bites on dogs may be hard to detect.
I tell owners that the lyme vaccine is belt plus suspenders for dogs with heavy exposure to deer ticks.
Lyme disease is an infection in dogs caused by the bacteria borrelia burgdorferi humans and rarely cats can also become infected.