Thread: A warning for those with dogs in the NT, and WA down to the Pilbara.

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.
Key points:

• Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne disease that occurs in tropical and sub-tropical regions worldwide
• The NT's chief veterinary officer, Sue Fitzpatrick, says ehrlichiosis is now in most local government areas
• AMRRIC vet Bonny Cumming says a single female tick can lay up to 3,000 eggs

Ehrlichiosis was believed not to exist in Australia until it was confirmed in WA's Kimberley region in May and the Northern Territory in June.
The bacterial disease causes fever, lethargy, enlarged lymph nodes, under-skin bleeding, weight loss and can lead to death in dogs.
Bonny Cumming, a vet with Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities (AMRRIC) working across the Top End, said it was hard to gauge how many dogs had died from ehrlichiosis.



Exotic tick-borne disease ehrlichiosis expected to kill thousands of dogs in NT - ABC News

That may sort out some of the wild dogs, but we need something like that to sort out the wild cats...

Probably not an issue in Qld,as ticks are quite common, and will kill a dog,so most domestic dogs are on Tick control medication.