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Descriptive statistics were used to summarize perceptions pertaining to borreliosis among dogs in North Carolina.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p><jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>\u2014A significantly higher proportion of responding veterinarians believed that borreliosisis was endemic in the coastal (67.2%) and Piedmont (60.9%) areas of North Carolina, compared with more western regions (37.5%). The 3 variables found to be significantly different between the northern and southern regions of the state were the estimated number of borreliosis cases diagnosed by each responding veterinary clinic during the past year, the perception of borreliosis endemicity, and the perceptions related to the likelihood of a dog acquiring borreliosis in the state.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions and Clinical Relevance<\/jats:bold>\u2014Veterinarians\u2019 perception of the risk of borreliosis in North Carolina was consistent with recent scientific reports pertaining to geographic expansion of borreliosis in the state. As knowledge of the epidemiological features of borreliosis in North Carolina continues to evolve, veterinarians should promote routine screening of dogs for <jats:italic>Borrelia burgdorferi<\/jats:italic> exposure as a simple, inexpensive form of surveillance that can be used to better educate their clients on the threat of transmission of borreliosis in this transitional geographic region.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.244.5.592","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,18]],"date-time":"2014-02-18T15:48:26Z","timestamp":1392738506000},"page":"592-596","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Survey of veterinarians' perceptions of borreliosis in North Carolina"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"244","author":[{"given":"Elizabeth L.","family":"Pultorak","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Edward B.","family":"Breitschwerdt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1272","reference":[{"key":"ref1","series-title":"MMWR Surveill Summ","first-page":"1","article-title":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 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