ACVIM consensus update on Lyme borreliosis in dogs and cats |
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| Authors: | Meryl P. Littman Bernhard Gerber Richard E. Goldstein Mary Anna Labato Michael R. Lappin George E. Moore |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Clinical Studies‐Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;2. The Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland;3. The Animal Medical Center, New York, NY;4. Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts;5. Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado;6. Department of Veterinary Administration, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Abstract: | An update of the 2006 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Small Animal Consensus Statement on Lyme Disease in Dogs: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention was presented at the 2016 ACVIM Forum in Denver, CO, followed by panel and audience discussion and a drafted consensus statement distributed online to diplomates for comment. The updated consensus statement is presented below. The consensus statement aims to provide guidance on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Lyme borreliosis in dogs and cats. |
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| Keywords: | Borrelia coinfection C6 glomerulonephritis Osp tickborne |
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