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 ...

Infected ticks carrying deadly bacteria have been detected in WA, NT and SA, and experts says it’s vital you take precautions to protect your dog While we continue to be occupied with the Covid ...

An overwhelmed outback vet dealing with dozens of sick and dying dogs is pleading with travellers and tourists to be aware of a devastating, exotic tick-borne disease that can be prevented. A flying ...

The Townsville Veterinary Clinic confirmed that a case of the deadly emerging disease, ehrlichiosis, had been diagnosed in a dog in Townsville on Friday. The exotic tick-borne disease can cause ...

Victorians are being urged to check their dogs for ticks, as the state records its first case of a potentially fatal bacterial disease. The dog came from the Northern Territory where the disease is ...

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, ...

A Queensland dog has tested positive to a potentially deadly new strain of tick disease that first appeared in Western Australia last year. The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) confirmed ...

A deadly disease affecting dogs has emerged in multiple states and has the capacity to spread to most of the country. Peter Irwin, Amanda Barbosa and Charlotte Oskam and The Conversation This disease ...