02/12/2022
📢 EHRLICHIOSIS CASE CONFIRMED 📢
An emerging tick-borne bacterial disease has now had a confirmed case in Townsville.
Erhlichia canis is a disease transmitted to dogs by the Brown Dog Tick. This disease has been emerging around Australia and has recently been confirmed in Townsville.
E. canis infection can cause serious disease, ranging from a mild fever and inappetence, through to life-threatening blood clotting disorders.
Is it preventable?
✅ E. canis IS preventable! In addition to your regular worming medications, we recommend also using a Seresto Tick Collar.
Why is there a need for additional tick prevention?
❗️ Many products such as Nexguard, Bravecto and Simparica, whilst highly effective, rely on ticks biting your animal to ingest the product and kill it. E. canis is rapidly transmitted between the window of a tick biting, and the ingestion of the product. Repellents are therefore necessary to prevent the tick from biting in the first place.
Seresto Collars are currently the only product registered as prevention against E. canis.
