PDF SPECIAL REPORT: Lyme disease is caused by a spiral-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi that is spread to some mammals via the bite of specific hard-bodied ticks. Also known as borreliosis, it is widely considered the most important insect-borne bacterial infection in North America and the question remains: Do ticks transmit the bacterium to horses and cause disease, as they do to humans and dogs, or is this a disease presumed also to affect horses simply because they coexist in the same environments as the ticks? Continue reading…
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