![]() Treating Ehrlichia in dogs will involve 4-6 weeks of treatment with doxycycline, as well as a blood transfusion if their anemia is life threatening. These dogs will often experience the symptoms we listed above, as well as significant anemia in many cases. Clinical EhrlichiosisĬlinical Ehrlichiosis in dogs refers to the stage in which the immune system is suffering with the presence of the pathogen. If it is not eliminated by the immune system, it will progress to the clinical stage. This stage can last anywhere from 2-4 weeks, but can still be eliminated by a dog’s immune system. ![]() Acute EhrlichiosisĪcute Ehrlichiosis in dogs often presents as a sudden fever, weight loss, bruising, swollen lymph nodes, respiratory changes, and even neurological symptoms. The excessive bleeding is even more apparent if these dogs are undergoing any type of surgical procedure. These pups often bleed more than other dogs, requiring additional pressure after their vein is punctured. These dogs do not show any obvious symptoms of the disease, but there may still be evidence of the disease when drawing blood. Subclinical Ehrlichiosis in dogs is often found during a routine 4DX snap test in an otherwise healthy dog. EhrlichiaĮhrlichia is a rickettsia disease that is often transmitted by the brown dog tick.Įhrlichia tends to invade the white blood cells when it is introduced to the body, leading to a slew of medical complications to follow.Įhrlichia is often seen in three different stages based on their time of exposure, with these stages including acute ehrlichiosis, subclinical ehrlichiosis, and clinical ehrlichiosis. To help you better understand the different agents that ticks can spread, let’s discuss each type of tick disease in detail below. ![]() Though many symptoms seem to overlap when discussing different tick diseases in dogs, each pathogen has their own unique characteristics that should be noted. There is a list of tick-borne pathogens that can cause significant illness in our canine friends. This is a blood bacteria, but it is not considered a rickettsia. Though these are the main agents responsible for tick-borne illness in dogs, it’s important to note that while Lyme disease is a result of a bacteria, it is actually caused by a bacteria known as Borrelia burgdorferi. Protozoans can be introduced to your dog in many different ways, with one significant vector being ticks and fleas. Protozoans are intracellular parasites that live in a dog’s red blood cells. Once the rickettsia invades the cells, this gives them an opportunity to travel to organs throughout the body. Rickettsia bacteria will invade the cells in your dog’s bloodstream, multiplying rapidly within the cytoplasm. The term rickettsia refers to bacterial organisms that are transmitted by ticks and other arthropod vectors. To help you better understand certain tick diseases in dogs, let’s briefly discuss each type of pathogen and how they invade their body systems. ![]() Though these pathogens are often lumped together, they impact our dog’s and their bodies in different ways. When discussing tick disease in dogs, you will often be dealing with two different types of pathogens rickettsia agents or protozoan parasites. ![]() This is why tick disease can be so challenging, as the symptoms of these illnesses can begin to overlap. Not only can ticks pass on one infectious agent, but they can even be infected with multiple transmissible pathogens. Ticks can harbor different infectious pathogens based on where they are located in the world, as well as which pathogens are most known to thrive in their current environment. A Tick-borne disease refers to any infectious agent that is transmitted to the dog through a tick bite. ![]()
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