Ticks

health

Tick populations are not changing uniformly across regions, ecosystems, or species; many areas report increases influenced by habitat modification, host availability, and climat...

Pets

Ticks are external parasites that can transmit bacterial infections such as Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, and anaplasmosis, and they can also cause local skin irritation or rarer...

Public Health & Safety

Tick-borne diseases in California are primarily spread by infected ticks that attach to people or animals while feeding. The most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the sta...

health-wellness

Lyme disease is an infectious illness caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi in the United States and by Borrelia afzelii or Borrelia garinii in Europe and Asia. It is tra...

pets-dogs

Ticks are external parasites that feed on your dog’s blood and can transmit serious diseases such as Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever...