ESCCAP UK & Ireland's Ian Wright appearance on the BBC News channel to discuss ticks.

Tick borne diseases continue to be in the news with concern that they may be spread by bank holiday travel. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/28/dog-owners-warned-about-taking-pets-on-bank-holiday-breaks-over/. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/28/dog-owners-warned-about-taking-pets-on-bank-holiday-breaks-over/

Hany Elsheikha has published an interesting article on Lyme disease https://theconversation.com/lyme-disease-a-ticking-time-bomb-57844 This disease continues to receive media attention so Vet practices are likely to receive queries from worried pet owners.

Figures from the PDSA have hit the press over the past week, raising concerns about an apparent sharp rise in Lyme disease in dogs. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/03/lyme-disease-affecting-increasing-numbers-of-pets-vets-warn/. https://www.pdsa.org.uk/press-office/latest-news/2016/04/04/vets-report-560-percent-rise-in-lyme-disease

Interesting post on Lyme disease demonstrating the versatility of Borrelia burgdorferi and persistence in its host https://www.linkedin.com/company/5336418/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnkd%2Ein%2FedcRCVF&urlhash=csHr...

A celebrity case of Lyme disease (https://www.linkedin.com/company/5336418/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnkd%2Ein%2Fey2TZtt&urlhash=pzNL&actionToken=isFolloweeOfPoster%3Dfalse%26aggregationType%3Dnone%26actorType%3Dlinkedin%3Acompany%26feedPosition%3D2%26pageKey%3Dbiz_company_feed_mapper_first_load%26contextId%3DqZKbkbcN7xPArSRSKisAAA%3D%3D%26verbType%3Dlinkedin%3Ashare%26isDigested%3Dfalse%26rowPosition%3D1%26objectType%3Dlinkedin%3Aarticle%26activityId%3Dactivity%3A6022349348606660608%26actorId%3Dcompany%3A5336418%26isPublic%3Dtrue%26model%3Dnull%26objectId%3Darticle%3A9000645321976564201%26distanceFromViewer%3D-1%26isSponsored%3Dfalse%26moduleKey%3Dcompany_feed) will certainly raise public awareness of Lyme disease across the British Isles. Vets and nurses should be prepared to field questions on the risk to clients and their dogs. Although this is a case from the US, the incidence of UK Lyme disease in the human population is rising year on year. Dogs are also being exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi infection so it's important clients are given the correct advise to keep themselves and their pets safe....