
Tag Archives lyme disease

Summertime is danger time for ticks
Check for ticks on yourself and your pets, say provincial officials

Tick season now underway
Alberta isn’t yet a hot spot for ticks carrying Lyme disease, but they are here — and farmers should be on guard

Take precautions to minimize risks of tick exposure
Blacklegged ticks are known to carry three serious illnesses

Find a tick? Submit it to your veterinarian or public health office
Ticks can transmit Lyme disease to humans and dogs, but also anaplasmosis to cattle
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