The increasing risk of Lyme disease in Canada.

Catherine Bouchard Erin Leonard Jules Konan Koffi Yann Pelcat Andrew Peregrine Neil Chilton Kateryn Rochon Tim Lysyk L Robbin Lindsay Nicholas Hume Ogden

Can Vet J

Public Health Risk Sciences Division, Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses (Bouchard, Pelcat, Ogden), and Zoonoses Division, Centre for Foodborne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (Leonard, Koffi), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario; Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (Peregrine); Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Chilton); Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Rochon); Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta (Lysyk); Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Lindsay).

Published: July 2015

There is an increasing risk of Lyme disease in Canada due to range expansion of the tick vector, Ixodes scapularis. The objectives of this article are to i) raise public awareness with the help of veterinarians on the emerging and expanding risk of Lyme disease across Canada, ii) review the key clinical features of Lyme disease in dogs, and iii) provide recommendations for veterinarians on the management of Lyme disease in dogs.

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