Lyme disease

[Henrybelle]

I pulled a super small tick off my 5week old light Brahma who loves to just lay around and got me thinking about Lyme disease. Can it be passed through the egg of and infected bird and if consumed be transmitted to humans? I’ve read almost everything I could find on the internet but there’s no clear answer really. But there’s no reported cases. So if anyone has an article they’d like share or experience in this I’d be eager to learn here’s a few links I read also.

https://www.quora.com/If-chickens-c...e-is-the-Lyme-transported-to-the-eggs-or-meat

https://www.communitychickens.com/ticks-and-lyme-disease-in-chickens-jurys-still-out/

 

[sawilliams]

I'm going with Idk. But my general understanding is it is passed saliva to blood. I don't know about ingestion but I would think highly unlikely

 

[dawg53]

In the second link, did you read the experiment regarding the exposure to infected chicks? It appears the older the chicken is, the spirochetes have no effect on the chicken nor eggs. Simply dont eat raw eggs, I never have.
Keep in mind that there are "Sentinel chickens" throughout the southern states on guard for deadly mosquito borne diseases, more deadly than Lyme disease. We have them here in Jacksonville, Fl as well. Even with infected hens, the eggs are safe to eat.
https://patch.com/florida/sarasota/sentinel-chickens-an-important-part-of-mosquito-control

 

[sawilliams]

In the second link, did you read the experiment regarding the exposure to infected chicks? It appears the older the chicken is, the spirochetes have no effect on the chicken nor eggs. Simply dont eat raw eggs, I never have.
Keep in mind that there are "Sentinel chickens" throughout the southern states on guard for deadly mosquito borne diseases, more deadly than Lyme disease. We have them here in Jacksonville, Fl as well. Even with infected hens, the eggs are safe to eat.
https://patch.com/florida/sarasota/sentinel-chickens-an-important-part-of-mosquito-control

I think that study was really interesting. Many animals have natural resistance to certian illnesses they may come in contact with. It seems chickens maybe better able to fight The lyme bacteria naturally. It could still be concerning for eggs at exposure and I think more studies in both areas would be needed.

 

[Henrybelle]

Yes what I gathered is that once the egg is cooked the bacteria would be cooked off as well. But love eggs over easy WAH! Luckily we don’t have a huge problem with Lyme over here in no calif.