Lyme disease map

[Britster]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

I think if not vaccinating is goung to keep you up at night worrying,then maybe you shoud vaccinate.

If I lived in anendemc area my decision would ge gased on actualrisk f death and on the recommendations of the closest veterinary school.

Only 5% of dogs that have been exposed to Lyme get sick. Almost all recover with a round of antibiotics (no, a round of antibitics is not particularlyhard on them). A few get an immune edited renal disease. This has more to do with labs and retrievers. And besides, there is concern that the vaccine itself can cause this.

There is question about whether the vaccine does any good if the dog had been exposed previously. Lyme vaccines for humans are not common because of concerns over serious side effect concerns.

The standard of care is tick prevention including thoroughly checking the dog's body daily.

This.

Jackson tested pos for it once after he was holding his leg up limping. On the first day of pain meds and antibiotics he was 100% back to normal. Round of antibiotics and he was good as new. He has now tested negative for 3 years.

My vet does not recommend Lyme vaccine for us and we are in a heavily populated tick area.

[Lovetodream88]

I had planned to cut the lyme vaccine out this year due to the fact the year she first got it I got it because she was getting bit by a lot of ticks like a crazy amount no matter what prevention was on her and it was worrying me a lot but sense then its maybe been 2 ticks a summer so I'm not as concerned as I was that first year. I just thought the map was interesting and I don't really understand why some area have lyme but not others.

[kjc]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

I had planned to cut the lyme vaccine out this year due to the fact the year she first got it I got it because she was getting bit by a lot of ticks like a crazy amount no matter what prevention was on her and it was worrying me a lot but sense then its maybe been 2 ticks a summer so I'm not as concerned as I was that first year. I just thought the map was interesting and I don't really understand why some area have lyme but not others.

I think it has to do with the deer populations in any given area.