The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first of its kind, once-yearly shot designed to protect dogs from fleas and ...

A long-acting flea and tick treatment from Merck Animal Health has earned approval for dogs at least six months old from the ...

We’re right in the peak of tick season, but if you’ve been feeling like this year has been worse than usual, you’re not wrong ...

As tick season is well underway in Fort Leonard Wood, medical professionals at the General Leonard Wood Army Community ...

American dog tick. Scientific name: Dermacentor variabilis. Native range: California and the Eastern half of the continental US. Distinctive features: When the dark larvae molt into nymphs, they ...

American dog tick – Mainly found east of the U.S. Rocky Mountains; also found in parts of the Pacific Coast; Rocky Mountain wood tick – Mainly found in the U.S. Rocky Mountain states and ...

Blacklegged ticks now account for 99% of reported tick bite illnesses in Vermont, and more than half tested carry Lyme disease.

The American dog tick is a common tick that lives along woodland trails and other shrubby habits. It is not a carrier of Lyme disease, but it can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

The American dog tick can transmit Rickettsia rickettsii, which cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever. "There are a variety of spotted fever diseases of varying severity, but Rocky Mountain spotted ...

The brown dog tick and the American dog tick, which are already common throughout the U.S., feed on both dogs and humans, spreading Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which can lead to symptoms ...

With the weather slowly warming up, people and pets alike are bound to come across ticks, which could potentially lead to illnesses such as lyme disease. While tick exposure can happen at any time ...