Lyme disease

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ACOMEAU
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Lyme disease

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Doc, one of my dogs tested positive for lyme. My vet gave me some antibiotics for him, and said it should help it. He said its not as big a deal in dogs than in humans and can be treated with these meds. What is your take?
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Doc S
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Lyme disease for some reason does not seem to cause the plethora of long-term problems in dogs that it does in people. Don't have a good answer why for you. It does require long term antibiotic therapy however...weeks to months.
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