Alert!  Lyme Disease is now in Eagle Landing

It's been recently reported to us that several individuals are being treated for Lyme Disease, an infection received from a tick bite.

Your dogs and cats can also get this disease.

Here are photos of ticks in this area:

  Deer or Black Legged tick                          Various Stages of Growth of a tick                               Lone Star tick

  Dog tick

Please note that ticks can also deliver other bacterial infections so take precautions.

Here are some links for you to learn about the disease and what to do.

      Tick burrowing into human skin              Typical target rash of lyme disease-note another tick borne

                                                                        bacterial infection called Stari produces a very similiar rash.

Lyme Disease in Humans

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/lyme-disease/DS00116

Lyme Disease in Dogs                            Lyme Disease in Cats

http://www.vetinfo.com/dlyme.html            http://www.cat-health-guide.org/lyme-disease-in-cats.html