A positive Lyme test does not mean your horse is suffering from the disease, but only that it has been exposed via a tick ...

On the east coast of the United States, the tick vector is Ixodes scapularis, whereas on the Pacific coast, Ixodes pacificus vectors the disease. The disease is transmitted to horses, humans, or other ...

Ticks can transfer many disease-causing organisms to horses. Minnesota horse owners should be aware of two of the most common tick diseases: There are no vaccines available for anaplasmosis or Lyme ...

Horses are an attractive host for ticks especially when they are kept or ridden in wooded areas, tall grass, or areas with brush and shrubs, the preferred vegetation for many tick species. Lyme ...

Tick-borne diseases are among the most difficult to diagnose and challenging to treat. Eliminating ticks from your horse’s environment is practically impossible–but you can take steps to safeguard his ...

Ticks are responsible for spreading over 25 human and animal diseases. While you may be familiar with some of these—such as ...

Natural tick infestations were assessed every 14 days on horses over a 2-year period. Amblyomma cajennense adult ticks were counted individually, without detachment from the horses. Larvae and nymphs ...

Timeform flags are an important tool for finding horses to back and there's one horse who ticks three on Sunday: the Horse In Focus, Sectional and Top-Rated flags. Top-weight Hierarchy shaped well ...