Ticks can burrow into your dog's skin, causing irritation and tick-borne diseases with serious health implications. You may notice signs of a tick bite, like scratching or paw licking, or find ticks ...

Parasites don’t follow seasons anymore, and missed doses are putting active dogs in danger long after summer ends.

Hunting dogs of all ages and breeds are likely to encounter ticks at some point in their lives. “Historically we had a seasonality to our ticks,” Cincinnati-area veterinarian Dr. Mark Hayes tells ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo credit: Fly_dragonfly / Getty Images) With tick-borne illnesses on the rise, it’s important to know what diseases these ...

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If there’s one thing that’s true about dogs, it’s that they’ll harbor some questionable things in their fur—including ticks. And although ticks aren’t the only parasites that may be hitching a ride, ...

Like its name suggests, the brown dog tick dines on dog blood. But as temperatures rise, they’re more likely to feast on you, too. That’s a problem, because the brown dog tick is a vector for Rocky ...

San Carlos Animal Control specialist Timothy Nozie and entomologist Maureen Brophy put tick collars on dogs on Dec. 6, 2024, on the San Carlos Apache Nation. As part of an effort to reduce tick-borne ...

A new, invasive tick species - dangerous to humans, dogs, cats and cattle – may have been uncovered for the first time in Butler County thanks to an Oxford-based veterinarian. Dr. Chantel Raghu told ...