Madison Area Lyme Support Group

https://www.9news.com.au/national/brown-dog-tick-found-in-queensland-pet-owner-warning

• Ehrlichiosis can cause serious illness, including death.
• Symptoms include fever, lethargy, loss of appetite, weight loss, cloudy eyes/conjunctivitis, pain and stiffness, bleeding disorders including bruising, and swelling of the chest or front legs.
• It can lay dormant but attacks the immune system, even infecting bone marrow making treatment difficult.
• It’s important to vigilantly and regularly check pets for ticks including in between toes, ears, nose, mouth, and stomach.
• It’s also important to keep diligent with tick treatments and to avoid shrubby areas, although ticks can be found in wide-open spaces.

According to this, the disease seems to be particularly severe in German Shepherds and Doberman Pinschers; however, people can be infected with it as well, although the article states the disease is ONLY transmitted through tick bites, not through contact….

I remain skeptical of this tenet.

For more:

• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/03/09/dogs-ehrlichiosis/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/07/24/oklahoma-ehrlichiosis-central/
• https://www.lymedisease.org/ehrlichiosis-tick-borne-disease-no-one-heard/  Preliminary studies suggest that the vector for the newest species E. muris-like (EML) found in Wisconsin and Minnesota is the deer tick (Ixodes scapularis), and in a recent publication, researchers found that 40% of Pacific Coast ticks were carrying three different types of Rickettsia bacteria. (8, 13)
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/14/dogs-with-proteinuria-found-to-have-exposure-to-rickettsia-ehrlichia-and-lyme-disease/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/06/15/ehrlichiosis-found-in-australian-dogs-can-also-infect-humans/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/11/17/novel-rickettsia-species-infecting-dogs-united-states/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/04/12/tick-prevention-2019/