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The answer is: Deer Ticks
The Deer Tick, Ixodes scapularis, (also called the Black-legged tick) is a small tick that when infected with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, can cause the disease known as Lyme disease. This diseasae is characterized by a rash (early stages, not always seen), lameness, fever, and a host of other clinical signs.
Learn more:
Lyme Disease Update by Jennifer Fry VMD
Lyme Disease Overview from
the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
American Lyme Disease Foundation various
resources
