Borne Disease
Tick-borne Diseases Are Found in All 50 States
Published in Health Business Week, February 8th, 2008
Veterinarians and industry experts concerned with the spread of tick-borne diseases announced the results of a disturbing study that found tick populations are not only increasing in number, but also in reach across the United States. The results, presented during the 2008 North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) in Orlando, were part of a voluntary national veterinary reporting system that was developed by IDEXX Laboratories of Westbrook, Maine. The data uncovered the presence of at least three tick-borne diseases, Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi), anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum) and ehrlichiosis (E.canis), in every state in the country. All three tick-borne diseases can...
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Source: Health Business Week (2008-02-08)
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