What We Do

CAPC Recommends

• Lyme disease in canine patients is best prevented by performing daily tick checks/avoiding tick habitat, using year-round acaricides with label claim against Ixodes spp. and, if living in or traveling to an endemic area, vaccination.

• Screening dogs for exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi due to rapid geographic expansion of endemic areas.

• In areas where Lyme disease is endemic or emerging, vaccinate dogs against Borrelia burgdorferi and reducing the risk of infection through year-round tick control and avoiding areas with ticks.

• Diagnosing Lyme disease based on a combination of clinical signs, including arthritis and renal disease, and positive serology.