How long does a tick need to be on my dog to make him sick?

Question

Lauren Adelman · Answer

How long does a tick need to be on my dog to make him sick? So when we think about ticks, the biggest thing we're worried about are the diseases that the ticks may carry. And we call these rickettsial diseases. So these are things like ehrlichia, anaplasma, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, and depending on your geographic area, you're gonna have different diseases that the ticks carry, or maybe the ticks in your area don't carry disease at all. Now, when we're talking about how long the tick needs to be on to transfer these diseases, that depends on what diseases they carry. The fastest disease transmission is a tick transmitting Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and that takes less than 24 hours. So that's the quickest something would be transmitted. Usually we're talking a few days.

Swimming

Strength

Triathlon

Photography

Track & Field

Nutrition

Physical Therapy

Running

Pets

Cycling

Podcasting

HealthCare

Musculoskeletal

Hockey

First Responders

Integrative Medicine

Chiropractic

Cross Country Skiing

Adaptive Sports

Climbing

Mental Health

Surfing

Tennis

Military

Mind Body

Scholars

Criminal Justice

Liquor

CrossFit

Golf

Soccer

Pickleball

Hunting

Public Speaking

Venture Capital

"How long does a tick need to be on my dog to make him sick?"