Farmers, land managers and people who enjoy outdoors recreation are at increased risk of tick exposure and, consequently, of acquiring infection with tick-borne pathogenic bacteria. Although the ...

Canine ehrlichiosis is spread through bacteria in the brown dog tick and is known to cause serious health issues, even death, among dogs. Ehrlichiosis can cause fever, lethargy, enlarged lymph nodes, ...

While we continue to be occupied with the COVID pandemic, another life-threatening disease has emerged in northern Australia, one that's cause for considerable alarm for the millions of dog owners ...

This disease – canine ehrlichiosis – is transmitted through the bite of a bacterium-carrying parasite called the “brown dog tick”. This vector parasite is widespread in warm and humid areas of ...

Nearly 1,000 dogs may have already died from an exotic tick-borne disease that is rapidly spreading through remote Indigenous communities, according to a Top End vet. Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne ...

A new tick-borne bacterium infecting humans with ehrlichiosis has been discovered in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Experts say the new species from the Ehrlichia genus can cause a feverish illness in ...

Free blood testing for adult dogs is available at the Saipan Mayor’s Animal Shelter in As Perdido today from 9:30am to 3pm. The tests will show if your pet has heartworm, or one of several tick ...