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Effects of a tick infestation to a pet begin with major anemia and a condition, referred to as tick paralysis, as well as the potential to convey Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Although it is very rare to contract disease from ticks, they have been known to spread the following disease to man: - Babesiosis - Rocky mountain spotted fever - Lyme disease - Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE) - Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME) - Colorado tick fever - Relapsing fever - Q fever - Tick paralysis - Tularemia The type of disease contracted depends on the location, type of tick, duration of the tick''s attachment to the host''s skin and season of the year.
She knows this because she uses her handheld scanner on adult bats coming into the hospital with tick paralysis to see if they contain a microchip.
 
 
 
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