Hey everybody, listen up!
Don`t want to scare you but this is important.
In my country there`s a lot of concern among dogs and their humans about
fatal cases of tick bite fever we`re suddenly having. I`m talking about Dog Malaria
or `Canine Babesiosis` or Biliary Fever or Piroplasmosis.
This week two Dutch dogs died, in The Hague and Arnhem.
Several others are dangerously ill. There are cases in Germany too.
This is an infectious disease we weren`t supposed to have in The Netherlands.
It`s common in the Mediterranian countries, Africa and South America,
but now it`s come to the North.
The disease is caused by a tiny parasite that gets in our blood through a tick on our body.
In the worst case it can kill a dog within hours! But more often dogs get very sick first.
They lose all energy, don`t eat, get a fever, their urine turns red and they get nose bleeds.
There is no vaccine. The only way to prevent this is by staying free of ticks.
So let`s be careful. No ticks!
If we remove ticks within 20 hours there`s usually -in most cases- not much danger, sais my vet.
Please be alert!
Thanks for your attention.
Have a nice day!