Camden County Animal Shelter Low-Cost Spay and Neuter Clinic offers a pet vaccine and testing for Lyme disease for canine companions.
Lyme disease is prevalent in canines within New Jersey and positive cases are increasing rapidly. It is vital to protect canines against this disease.
Camden County Animal Shelter does not treat this disease and will recommend the pet owner to seek medical attention with their veterinarian.
“We encourage pet owners to learn more about Lyme disease and how to prevent it,” said Freeholder Jeffery Nash, liaison to the Camden County Animal Shelter. “Our pets are special to us and it’s important we provide the care and love they need and deserve.”
Lyme disease can be transmitted by the deer tick, although there are other ticks that can transmit the disease. Once the disease is in the bloodstream it is then carried to many parts of the body and likely to localize in joints.
This is very painful and a progressive disease for pet companions. If left undiagnosed, the disease can travel throughout the body causing much more serious and often untreatable health issues.
“Our goal is to educate the community and provide an affordable solution for pet owners”, said Vicki Rowland, Executive Director of Camden County Animal Shelter.
The Lyme prevention consists of a series of two vaccines given two weeks apart. Puppies start the first vaccine at twelve weeks of age and the second vaccine at two weeks after the first. Once the series is completed it becomes an annual vaccine as well as an annual test.
Affordable price list and packages include:
–Lyme Test Only: $35
–Lyme Test and 1 vaccine: $45
–Second Lyme Vaccine, given two weeks after the first vaccine: $22.50
–Lyme Disease Prevention package (with test and two vaccines): only $67.50
–Lyme series for puppies (under 6 months; two vaccines without test): $45
To protect canines from fleas and ticks, Camden County Animal Shelter offers Bravecto which provides one chewable tablet to prevent fleas and ticks for up to three-months.
For more information on Camden County Animal Shelter Low-Cost Spay and Neuter Clinic visit www.ccasnj.org, call (856) 401–1300, or visit at 125 County House Road, Blackwood.
