A new disease spread by tick bites has been identified in dogs by researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU). The disease, a species of Rickettsia, was first documented in U.S.-based dogs ...

Veterinary researchers have confirmed a previously unknown tick-borne infection in dogs, and the discovery is sharpening concern that household pets can signal new threats for people long before human ...

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 / ...

I have been treated three times in the past year for tick bites that had high probability of Lyme disease. The takeaway: Doxicycline only treats like three of the bloodborne illnesses carried by ticks ...