Cats and dogs are exposed to a variety of parasites and diseases when they spend time outdoors. Pets encounter many risks outdoors, including contaminated soil, consuming infected animals, and ...

Kuchyt said grooming can help with dealing with avoid ticks for your pet.

One of the simplest ways to keep your pets protected from parasites, including ticks, is to keep them on a preventive approved by your pet's veterinarian. Oral preventatives like NexGard Chews for ...

If ticks go unnoticed and pets are untreated, a tick bite could lead to further complications, including Lyme disease.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus, on a leaf. The parasite can spread anaplasmosis and Lyme disease. (Smith Collection / Gado / ...

Dog owners are being urged to check their pets after walks now that we are entering tick season in the UK.

Woodbridge’s regional animal control officer ended up covered in ticks after helping to save a dog in a wooded area of ...

Statewide rates of dogs testing positive for exposure to the bacterium that causes anaplasmosis nearly tripled between 2021 and 2024. The same ticks that spread anaplasmosis also spread Lyme disease.