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From: hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Rocky Mountain ticks
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Date: Thu, 19-Jul-84 20:26:28 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 19 20:26:28 1984
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In response to query about suspicious ticks removed from dog after
a hiking trip in the mt's.

Yes, Rocky Mountain ticks, if indeed they WERE, carry a number of
horrid diseases.  Among them is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a
rather nasty disease.  If you still have the ticks, take them to your
vet for identification, and check yourselves for ticks as well!  Often
you don't know when you've got one!

You might want to quarantine the pooch if it DOES turn out to be the
kind of tick that carries RMSF since it is somewhat contagious.

Hutch (from the Rockies)