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While ticks themselves cause only mild irritation, they can carry diseases that pose a serious threat to animals and humans.

People can not catch Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain spotted fever from infected dogs, but the same ticks that bite dogs can cause these illnesses and others if they bite humans.

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