A single tick bite can cause dogs to become seriously ill and contract fatal diseases such as tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), babesiosis, anaplasmosis or lyme disease. Dog and cat owners are advised to protect their animals effectively as the pathogens transmitted by ticks can lead to a “considerable risk” of disease, according to the European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites Germany (ESCCAP). However, not every contact with an infected tick leads to an infection and not every infection leads to a serious disease, the experts say. Yet, every tick bite is one too many. The question …