A Diamond No Longer in the Rough
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A Diamond No Longer in the Rough

Jessica has had a hard start in life.  When she was just 3 months old, she was dumped at the Little Red Dog Rescue.  She was very sick.  She was immediately taken to South Orange County Animal Hospital where she was diagnosed with Parvo virus and hospitalized.  

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Ticks
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Ticks

Ticks are small parasitic arachnids (same class as spiders).  In veterinary medicine, ticks pose a major source of infection for ehrlichia (e.canis, e.equi, e.platys, e. risticii, e.ewingii), Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rickettsia rickettsii), tularemia (francisella turarensis diagnosed in California's Tulare county), Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi), and multiple other disorders.

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