Passive tick management and seroprevalence of canines
Veterinarians submitted ticks and sera of canines over fifteen months from Edward island, traversing threeseasons of ticks.In this study, the prevalence of Borrelia infection causes Lyme infection, and its evaluation for seroprevalence in dogs was studied.After examination, it was observed that most of the submitted ticks were Ixodes scapularis (97.8%) which is responsible for the transmission of Borrelia.burgdorferi. 10.3% of ticks were taintedwith Borellia.burgdorferi. When seroprevalence of canines was observed in submitted samples (199), it was computed up to 3%.
B.burgdorferi is responsible for causing infections in humans, dogs, and other animals.The Ixodes spp conveys it to assaulting animals. When they get infected, they convert serologically and thus can be inspected by employing ELISA kits.
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