There are several well-known infectious diseases of dogs and cats that increase during warmer weather, due in part to increased outdoor activities for pets and their owners. Some newer infectious ...

Researchers said that they found rabbit ticks in Maine carrying a new type of bacteria that can cause spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR), an infection that can be deadly in humans. They found the ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered rabbit ticks in Maine that carry a new strain of bacteria that can cause life-threatening spotted fever infections in humans, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hunting dogs of all ages and breeds are likely to encounter ticks at some point in their lives. “Historically we had a seasonality ...