The dog is now recovering after a blood transfusion and is looking for a foster home A dog is finally getting the chance to ditch the hundreds of dangerous parasites that have been plaguing him. On ...

After a 9-year-old Connecticut boy heard buzzing in his ear, his doctor found a dog tick attached to his eardrum, according to a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The boy ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A visiting medical student at DoveLewis Animal Hospital found a tick hidden behind a dog's ear right before she and a veterinarian were scheduled to put the dog to sleep over his ...

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH)– At the Central Hospital for Veterinary Medicine in North Haven, doctors are busy giving tick exams. Dr. Julia Shakeri with the Central Hospital for Veterinary Medicine said, ...

South Carolina has its fair share of pesky, crawly critters during summer, but ticks are a particularly dangerous nuisance. Their sole purpose is to gorge themselves on you or your pet’s blood.

Dr. Julie Buzby says fleas and ticks behave differently, but early warnings often overlap. With fleas, pet owners may notice quick, repeated scratching around the tail base or neck. Some dogs bite at ...

NORFOLK, Va. — It is tick season in Virginia and the pests are coming for you. According to the Virginia Department of Health, there are 16 species of ticks across the state. The most common ones are ...