Several types of Ehrlichia cause disease in dogs, but two species are common — Ehrlichia canis and Ehrlichia ewingii. These bacteria live in ticks. When these ticks bite your dog, the bacteria ...

and Ehrlichia. This test detects antibodies for E. canis or E. ewingii. However, a positive result in a healthy pet with no clinical signs can be confusing and may require additional testing to ...

One strain of Ehrlichia causes a serious illness in dogs, tropical canine pancytopenia ... than the other two. The test developed by Gianella does not directly aid in diagnosing Ehrlichia disease ...

Canine ehrlichiosis is caused by a bacterium called Ehrlichia canis (E ... where the ability to test dogs is restricted for logistical reasons. In some areas, such as communities in the Roper ...

Last week, Nuba came in for another blood test ... In short, ehrlichia causes complete havoc within your dog’s body, and your dog gets weaker and weaker. The outward symptoms of canine ...

In the northeastern USA, some of the other infectious agents are Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia species and Ehrlichia species. This talk will describe our experiences on the processes used to ...

Specific serologic testing of IgM and IgG antibodies to Ehrlichia chaffeensis or Anaplasma phagocytophilum by means of indirect immunofluorescence assay is considered the “gold standard” and ...

When patients present to providers in North Carolina for a possible tick bite, clinicians are not testing them for Ehrlichia, a tick-borne illness that occurs more frequently than Lyme disease and ...

Only Ehrlichia chaffeensis and E. ewingii have been thought to cause ehrlichiosis in humans in the United States. Patients with suspected ehrlichiosis routinely undergo testing to ensure proper ...

The failure to test for Ehrlichia, even as more and more evidence suggests that the infection may be just as common as other endemic tick-borne diseases, appears to impact patient care with ...