#anaplasmosis

[mindblowingscience]

A study led by researchers at Washington State University has pinpointed a protein that appears to play a pivotal role in how a harmful bacteria that causes the disease anaplasmosis establishes itself in ticks before being transmitted to unwitting human hosts. Examining the zoonotic tick-borne agent Anaplasma phagocytophilum, researchers identified a protein secreted by the bacteria that is essential for its survival and spread in tick cells. The findings, which were published in the journal mBio, hold the promise of a deeper understanding of how these bacteria persist and spread within ticks, potentially opening avenues for strategies to prevent the transmission of other tick-borne diseases to humans and other animals. "If we can unravel the mechanisms at play here, we might be able to block this protein and stop ticks from spreading the bacteria to people—we could break that whole transmission cycle," said Jason Park, the study's corresponding author and an assistant research professor in WSU's College of Veterinary Medicine.

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[unknownbirds]

[petrichorpaws]

CJ releasing Raven for one of her runs at the June trial

[timogsilangan]

fuckjng tick season bro 😭 my dog tested positive for 2 separate blood parasites

[ourpetwarehouse]

Anaplasmosis in Dogs

Anaplasmosis is one of the many infections that ticks may spread to dogs. If left untreated, this illness will deteriorate and create serious health issues. This blog contains all of the important facts you need to know about this lesser-known dog condition.

[chiasemxh]

Experience treating anorexic dogs

Experience treating anorexic dogs

For me, this is very simple, at home, there is no dog that is so lazy to eat that I have to worry. But this is a common problem for many dog friends. To solve the problem of anorexia or even skipping meals regularly, you first need to understand the basic nutritional needs as follows: – Dogs under 2 years old: need a Sufficient and continuous amount of food. This is the period of comprehensive…

[creekfiend]

all 3 dogs went vet today. glad this only happens once a year lmfao. everyone behaved as they usually do/as I expected, which is to say

1. Blue was so so good and sweet and I just love seeing how she turns off being an LGD when she leaves the property like she just knows when we set foot somewhere public that things aren't her business and that people and dogs are not threats because her goats are not there. She's always like, kinda stressed (as you can see in the video) but doing her best and always greets all the techs with happy waggy body language and is cooperative with handling. Honestly she's got such a smashing temperament an I got real emotional today about how much I love her. She's gained some weight which is good bc she was a lioioittle underweight last time and now her body condition looks real good.

2. Ella is motivated by Greed and No Thank You but this does make her easy at the vet bc she will ignore literally anything you want her to ignore for a single kibble. Avarice. Gluttony. She needs a broken tooth out and I was worried she might have a UTI but she doesn't, just a little inflammation so she's getting rimadyl for the next week or so to see if that makes her symptoms better. The vet said he was very impressed with her overall condition given her age!!

3. Glimmer was like "WOW TEN NEW FRIENDS oh no my new friends are trying to do veterinary things to my body oh gosh oh no I think there has been some mistake, you are not supposed to do veterinary things to princesses :((((((( I FORGIVE YOU THOUGH HI WE ARE BEST FRIENDS FOR SURE BUT ALSO CAN I LEAVE NOW" lol. She had antibodies for lyme and anaplasmosis which isn't super surprising considering she is from MA/CT and spent a lot of time in the woods and we are doing the course of treatment even tho she isn't showing symptoms just in case. Otherwise she is in great shape.

I love our vet they're always so nice. But also goddamn I am happy to not do this again for another ~365 days lol

[horsesarecreatures]

As annoying as Alpine's increasingly studdy behavior has been, there's no doubt that him and Amba make a cute pair. I thought he'd be all smitten with Carousel but actually he was defending Amba from her. Amba likes Patsy too, but more often than not she sticks with Alpine while Patsy does her own thing. Anyway, Carousel has been removed from the field because none of them were getting on well with her. She's not a nasty horse or anything, but nothing was wrong with the just the trio and with Amba's EPM a stable environment is probably better than her having to figure out new herd dynamics.

Additional update: Patsy's owner just informed me that she started having odd gaits too, and she tested positive for anaplasmosis again. So if Amba doesn't respond to the EPM meds or makes a miraculous recovery in a week maybe that's what's wrong. It's a bit strange with Patsy though because she already had Anaplasmosis in 2023 and I thought they were supposed to immune for a time after that.

Even though I already bought the Marquis for EPM I'll be glad if it's actually Anaplasmosis. It's certainly nasty but goes away much faster.

[mindblowingscience]

University of Missouri researchers are working to develop the first-ever vaccine proven to protect cattle from a devastating tick-borne cattle disease known as bovine anaplasmosis. The research is vital to the state's economy as it aims to protect Missouri's $1.6 billion cattle industry. Bovine anaplasmosis—which is common in Missouri—infects the red blood cells of cattle and causes hundreds of millions of dollars in economic losses nationwide each year and nearly $1 billion in losses worldwide, primarily due to reduced cattle production, treatment costs and deaths.

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[notsoencrypted]

I would just like to say that tick-borne illnesses (and possibly also mono on top, though the illness I had can sometimes give a false positive for mono, but I had those mono symptoms hard-core and they stopped before I started my antibiotics for anaplasmosis) are assholes and I've basically been sick for the past month and I am so done with that nonsense.

[losech]

The girls had vet appointments this past week to get updated 4DX tests and switch to new heartworm/flea/tick stuff. With Flint's heartworm diagnosis and ticks not dying after biting anymore, I've been wanting to switch prevenatives. I've decided on Simparica Trio since several people I know with Ember's relatives use that and are happy with it.

Luckily neither has heartworms, but both tested positive for lyme exposure and Cinder for anaplasmosis. I opted not to get C6 tests done and just treat with doxy, especially Cinder.

Ember was covered with tiny seed ticks that I wasn't aware of until right then, that decided to fall off all over the exam room, which was disgusting, and a big reason why I wanted to switch off the Frontline Plus. The vet had never seen the micro ticklets before so she took one to look at under the microscope. Ember likely picked them up on the roadtrip, the only time I've seen those is after we've been in the south.

[falling-drops-of-ichor]

Today is one of the days where I'm... kinda scared of the fact my mobility issue is slowly but surely progressive.

When I was 5 I was fine. When I was 10 the anaplasmosis was trying to kill me but my movement was fine otherwise. At 15 I started slowing down: if I hadn't graduated I would've quit track, I rollerbladed to class at college more often than not because it was easier for me than walking. By 20 I was unable to work more than 12hrs a week if it involves being on my feet & regularly using a cane & here at 21 my hands' motor issues are bad enough they've gotten obvious: I write by hand regularly but it's still getting harder, my physical therapy exercises aren't doing as much as they used to, they shake worse more often.

I'm scared of ending up in a wheelchair by the time I'm 30. I'm not scared of wheelchairs, but it's going to end my capability to live at home on the farm & really remove my autonomy and as someone who already is unlikely to be able to live alone I don't want my remaining likelihood to go away.

My audio processing & memory problem is worse, too, and that's the thing that makes everything so terrifying if I think about it. It makes me scared it's neurological. It makes me scared that no medication will fix my pain because it's a problem in my brain and nerves, not my joints or muscles or ligaments.

I want a diagnosis but more than that I want treatment. I don't want to give up the life I grew up in, taking care of these animals, I spent my childhood helping rehabilitate abused or injured horses & dogs because that's what my mom did. I'm hoping we can start testing anti-inflammatory medications since the injection in my knee helped so much, like, 5-7 baseline down to a 2-3 baseline.

I think I'm going to try to make an effort to go to the roller rink on Saturdays more often. Make the most of what I've got, and hope the exercise will buy me more time. Maybe I'll make some acquaintances so I know people that aren't my coworkers or my mom.

[the-barn-rat]

Baby girl got (and got over) a lil anaplasmosis

[cyclonestudios-alt]

Hey guys can you all please pray for my dog. Earlier today my dad took him (the dog) to a vet cause he hasn't been acting like himself for over a year, but especially more so now. Anyways, after the vets took some tests, they said that apparently our dog has Lyme's disease (which I had once, and my dad had it as well at one point. It's not fun) and something called “Anaplasmosis".

I'm not entirely sure what that is, but according to how my dad explained it, one of the symptoms are reduced energy, which checks out for our dog. The thing with the Lyme's, however, is that the vets are unsure if it's in his joints or kidneys. If it's in his joints, they can prescribe a medication for it, but if it's his kidneys, than he only will have a few more months to live. So..... Yeah. There's that. Tomorrow we'll be getting the results as to were exactly it is

We did pray for my dog, but I think I would feel much better if other people where praying for him too. I'm (technically all of us) have been hoping it's in his joints, and we did pray that God would heal him completely. Uh, anyways yeah. I don't really know what else to say, but thank you guys ahead of time for the prayers

[madrivervalleyicelandics]

Huge bummer this week. We have a suspected anaplasmosis case at the farm (sometimes called tick fever). Over the past 8 years here, we’ve had 3 cases, and the first 2 hit horses that had recently been competing in southern Vermont and / or NY. This third case is the first case we’ve had with a horse that hasn’t been traveling, and this is also the first year I’ve ever found a tick on myself after riding in the woods around here. Climate change is real ☹️

What we’ve been doing that’s worked up to now is boosting Lyme vaccines twice a year, with the spring and fall hatches (doesn’t prevent anaplasmosis but does reduce risk of Lyme infection which is imho much more serious) and continuing fly spray for rides in the woods (ticks not much risk in the dry lots) past the first frost / past “fly season.” I think it also helps that we don’t give the horses pasture access after the first frost, or in spring until end of May / early June, so we do have them off pasture during those big hatch times. However, even with these precautions one still snuck through, and I have a suspicion this won’t be an isolated event in the coming years ☹️

So frustrating. We are still waiting for bloodwork on this horse but it’s behaving like anaplasmosis so that is our guess at the moment, and that’s how we’re treating it. Horse is responding super well to treatment and already almost back to normal which is also consistent with my experience with anaplasmosis.

I know we’ve all been saying this for years, but it’s a good reminder that tick prevention can’t end when fly season ends. We’ve gotta stay diligent if we want to stay healthy! 😵‍💫

[micamicster]

Aaaaah! Do you get different types of cases in smaller towns? Shucks about the smaller library catalogues, fingers crossed for some requests being approved!

Yeah sometimes! Because it’s PA we get a decent number of mennonite/amish families who can have some unusual stuff. AND we’re living in tick city babey so we get both lyme and some of the less common tick-borne shit like anaplasmosis/babesiosis etc. But other than that i don’t think the diseases are that different, more like the people and the complicating social factors are different (having to figure out how a patient who can’t drive can get a ride to their appointments is so frustrating like please can we get walkable communities with public transportation YESTERDAY??)