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Details about Lyme disease for technicians.
Common disease name
Lyme disease
Scientific name
Borrelia burgdorferi
Method of infection
Cats, dogs, and people: From the bite of an infected deer tick
Signs
Cats, dogs, and people: Acute infection-may present with fever, shifting leg lameness, swollen joints, enlarged lymph nodes, lethargy, depression, and anorexia; chronic infection-shifting leg lameness caused by transient, persistent polyarthritis accompanied by progressive joint changes
Treatment
Doxycycline
People most at risk
Everyone
Prevention