ticks and Lyme disease

["Beth Glace" <lb@nismat.org>]

I have no ideas about repellents, but I am wondering how much a 
problem Lyme disease has been in horses.  Last year I removed dozens 
of wood ticks from my horse [which now also carry Lyme in our area], 
and saw even  more deer ticks on her.  The deer ticks had not yet 
bitten and were still crawling on the hair, so I brushed them off.   
I assume many had attached themselves which I could not see.   I am 
seriously considering having her tested for Lyme.   We, in the 
Northeast, have had incredible increases in human Lyme incidence.  Is 
this becoming something people are testing for in Lyme-infested 
areas?

Beth Glace
Klass Act
New Paltz, NY


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