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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Victoria. Followed categories will be added to My News. The dog came from the Northern Territory where the disease is well established. Victoria’s Chief Veterinary ...

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, ...

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 ...

Veterinarians in north-west Queensland are concerned after the region recorded what is believed to be its first locally acquired case of ehrlichiosis. The bacterial disease was first recorded in ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Animals. Followed categories will be added to My News. This disease – canine ehrlichiosis – is transmitted through the bite of a bacterium-carrying parasite called ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Townsville. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Townsville Veterinary Clinic confirmed that a case of the deadly emerging disease, ehrlichiosis, had ...

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 ...