Ticks & Lyme Disease
Deer ticks have a two-year
life cycle. That is, it takes two years for one egg-adult-egg generation
to evolve. Therefore, deer ticks can be
found all year long, including wintertime.A tick bite is required to transmit the disease because the bacterium is injected into the skin via tick saliva as the tick sucks blood. The infection is therefore not transmitted from pet to pet nor from pet to owner only via an infected tick bite, and not all ticks are infected with Borrelia. If the tick is not removed properly you may force the infection into your skin.
