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FOXNews.com Preventing Lyme Disease: 5 Ways to Avoid Getting Bitten Wednesday, May 28, 2008 By Karlie Pouliot "Busy planning your first hiking trip of the summer or that weekend camping adventure? Beware. Danger could be lurking in the form of an eight-legged, bloodsucking parasite known as the tick.

Ticks On Your Dog What to Do Filed under: dog1 — papap @ 10:02 am Once though of as a mere harmless but annoying pest, ticks are of growing concern for their Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Lyme Disease-carrying ability. Learn the facts, and keep your dog tick and disease-free.

Health Tip: Avoiding Lyme Disease - — Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is caused by the bite of an infected tick. Here are suggestions to reduce your risk of Lyme disease, courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Stay out of are... Health 0

Getting Serious on Lyme washingtonpost.com - Health Mon, 06/16/2008 - 23:00 Washington area health departments are stepping up Lyme disease education and prevention efforts in response to a steep rise in the number of reported cases of the tick-borne illness in Maryland, Virginia and the District.

Our big outing today was taking Ches to the vet. We're trying the Vilonia Animal Clinic now. They were nice. But, D@%# veterinarians are expensive! I mean, Ches' visit is waaaay more pricey than one of Setler's. Granted we don't have pet insurance, but still! But, what can you do? Gotta have those yearly shots.