During the last few years there have been increasing numbers of dogs in the UK being diagnosed with Brucella canis.
Pet Travel
This disease is principally a problem in dogs and is transmitted by certain species of ticks called Dermacentor species.
Ehrlichiosis is a bacterial infection transmitted by certain species of ticks called the Rhipicephalus species affecting white blood cells. It is passed on when a tick feeds on the blood of an infected dog or cat and then bites another.
Heartworm live in the arteries and hearts of infected animals. They release larvae into their hosts’ bloodstream.
Lyme disease is a tick-borne bacterial disease which affects both humans and animals.
Important news for owners of pets travelling abroad.
I have heard that the requirement to treat animals travelling under the Pet Travel Scheme (PETS) for ticks before coming into the UK has changed. Is this correct?
Leishmaniasis is an infectious and often fatal disease transmitted by sandflies. The disease is caused by a protozoon, which is taken in by the blood sucking sandfly when it feeds on an infected dog and completes part of its lifecycle in the sandfly’s gut.
