18577 Natchez Avenue
Prior Lake, Minnesota, 55372

Phone: 952-435-8387

Fax: 952-435-8777

Email: vets@clvets.com

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Lyme Disease

Another bacterial disease spread by the Deer tick.

The most common symptoms are:

  • Lameness

  • Fever

  • Swollen joints

  • Kidney failure

  • Depression

  • Anorexia


  • If left untreated it can lead to:
  • Damaged joints

  • Fatal kidney disease (rare)


  • There is a preventative (Frontline/Nexgard flea and tick - applied monthly) and a treatment for this disease.

    In 2017, of 1237 patients tested, 97 were positive at our hospital.

    Click here for information on tick borne diseases.