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Dog owners WARNED as first dog dies from new parasitic virus -and it can spread to humans
A SHIH TZU has become the first dog to die the UK from an infection named Leishmaniosis, contracted from a parasitic bug carried by flies. The disease can spread between animals and humans.
By Liam Doyle
PUBLISHED: 11:02, Fri, Apr 5, 2019 | UPDATED: 16:27, Fri, Apr 5, 2019
Writing in the BMJ, a team of vets laid out how dangerous the disease could be in the UK.
They said: "To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of leishmaniosis in the UK in a dog without a history of travel to an endemic area.
"In an era of increased foreign travel of dogs and increased importation of dogs to the UK, it is likely that the number of dogs seropositive for L infantum will continue to increase...
Dog owners WARNED as first dog dies from new parasitic virus -and it can spread to humans
A SHIH TZU has become the first dog to die the UK from an infection named Leishmaniosis, contracted from a parasitic bug carried by flies. The disease can spread between animals and humans.
By Liam Doyle
PUBLISHED: 11:02, Fri, Apr 5, 2019 | UPDATED: 16:27, Fri, Apr 5, 2019
Writing in the BMJ, a team of vets laid out how dangerous the disease could be in the UK.
They said: "To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of leishmaniosis in the UK in a dog without a history of travel to an endemic area.
"In an era of increased foreign travel of dogs and increased importation of dogs to the UK, it is likely that the number of dogs seropositive for L infantum will continue to increase...