AUBURN — As spring temperatures rise, so does the occurrence of ticks and fleas.
Dr. Lindsay Starkey, associate professor in Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, gives some tips on how we can keep the pests away from our pets, as well away from us. Starkey has a diploma from the American College of Veterinary Microbiology with a parasitology subspecialty. Her research interests include vector-borne infections, primarily those transmitted by ticks and mosquitoes, and food-borne parasitic diseases.
Many of these pathogens can also infect people should the flea or tick feed upon us rather than the pet. Common clinical signs and abnormalities associated with flea- or tick-borne diseases in dogs and cats include fever, lameness, poor appetite and/or abnormalities on blood work or urinalysis .Remove it as quickly and safely as possible and save it. For flea removal, a fine-toothed comb should do the trick, however, tick removal is a little more complicated.
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