Re: RC: LYME DISEASE

[Pam Johnson <pamjohnj@earthlink.net>]

David and Louise,

Where do you live? Here is southeastern Massachusetts, according to 
my vet, there have been some horses who have gotten Lyme disease but 
I'm not sure what their treatment was. I've been bitten twice by deer 
ticks but was told by my doctor that the incidence of the disease in 
this area is low so waited for a blood test to see if I had gotten 
the disease. Both times I was negative.  Early removal is important. 
It is my understanding that the tick has to be attached for at least 
24 hrs. to transmit the disease.

I'd be interested to hear what your horse's symptoms were.

Pam in MA



>David & Louise Barnard DNLBARNARD2@AOL
>Hello anybody,
>
>We have an Arab with Lyme disease.It took a while to figure out what 
>was wrong. We have just started him on antibiotics.
>Does anyone out there have a horse your treating?
>Can you give us advice.Recovery times any speacil Vitimins?
>Any thing at all would be much appreciated.
>
>We want to get him back to normal as soon as possible. We've been 
>told it could take as long as 2 years to clean out all of the junk 
>and get him totally sound again!
>
>Thank you for any help.
>
>David and Louise and Phantello
>
>
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