Princess16
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Beware of a fatal disease called Babesiosis caused by ticks which has just arrived in Uk. First cases been found in Harlow in Essex.
I must have taken a dozen calls about it today despite being a long way from Essex. Call me cynical but The Big Tick Project behind this research is sponsored by MSD/Merck who happened to launch a big new tick product last year... it would be very much in their interests to whip up some hysteria!
Dectomax, whilst unlicensed for dogs, is used by many, despite the fact that the manufacturers cover their rear ends by issuing cautions. I know a professional greyhound trainer who blanket injects all his dogs with 1.5mm annually, and has never had a problem in the last 10 years.
Dectomax works on all parasites, both internal and external, and that's it!
Alec.
…….. we have only seen one and that was after a trip to Norfolk.
unfortunately, its this sort of use of a drug that leads to drug resistance. …….. .
That will probably be because we up here have a far higher and more dense population of deer. Deer are the main tick reservoir.
Alec.
Drug resistance is almost exclusively limited to the over usage of antibiotics and the sustained use of the 'white' wormers in sheep, and both are actually uncommon.
Alec.
Drug resistance is almost exclusively limited to the over usage of antibiotics and the sustained use of the 'white' wormers in sheep, and both are actually uncommon.
Alec.
Essex is kown for having a really high deer population, lots of deer farms and escapees
Just thought you may be interested in Red Water in cattle . It is the same parisite as the dog one and is spread by the ticks from deer. It becomes a problem when the ticks get in to a new area where it has not been before. Once it has been around for a while and young cattle that have had exposure to it they develop their own immunity to it. On our own farm it arrived 10 years ago and we had a few cows with it, we saved them with blood transfusions, the correct special parisite treatment and antibiotics as backup. We did joke with vet as she was a new vet and the first 3 times she came it was RW I thought it was the only thing she had learnt at vet school! After about 3 years touch wood it has not been a problem though we still have a few normal tick fevers that only need antibiotics to get cow better.
Hopefully as people and vets become more aware of the dog one it will settle down and not cause undue problems. As prompt treatment works well.