AU: Tick-borne dog disease ehrlichiosis now 'widespread' across NT, over 100 cases in Darwin

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Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-...tory/100289234

Tick-borne dog disease ehrlichiosis now 'widespread' across NT, over 100 cases in Darwin
By Roxanne Fitzgerald
Posted 23h ago

Key points:

Ehrlichiosis was first detected in Australia last year in May
Experts say the disease is now "endemic" across the Northern Territory
They say preventing ticks is the best way to protect dogs


Patricia Powell's Staffordshire-cross, Leo, came close to death earlier this year — and it isn't out of the woods yet.

The two-year-old dog became lethargic, thin and listless, deteriorating to the point that it was admitted to a pet hospital for a week for a blood transfusion.

"I was really worried about him," Ms Powell, an enrolled nurse, said.

Testing confirmed Leo had ehrlichiosis, a disease transmitted through bites from brown dog ticks carrying the Ehrlichia canis bacteria.

But what worried the specialists is that Leo lives in the urban Top End, which some experts fear is becoming a new stronghold for a disease spreading like wildfire...

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Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...=1490&ito=1490

Warning for pet owners as deadly new dog disease that's spread by ticks surfaces in another Australian state after first appearing on the other side of the country

Queensland dog recently tested positive to a deadly tick-borne disease
Dog recently travelled through Western Australia and the Northern Territory
Animal Health Authorities have found further detections in South Australia
It is advised dog owners remain vigilant in detection of the signs of disease

By Manoli Luxford For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 05:47 EDT, 21 July 2021 | Updated: 05:48 EDT, 21 July 2021

A dog has tested positive to a new deadly disease in Queenland after the tick-borne bacteria was first detected in Western Australia last year.

Canine ehrlichiosis is a dog disease caused by infection with the bacteria Ehrlichia canis, and spread by ticks.

The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries said the Queensland dog which travelled through Western Australia and the Northern Territory caught the disease after likely being bitten by a brown dog tick...