Ehrilichiosis (Part 1)
Ehrilichiosis is a big name for a disease caused by a small organism that enters the body via the mouth of a tick. When I worked in Arizona in the 1980’s Ehrlichia was a common dog ailment. Since that time, the problem has spread nationwide. The disease producing rickettsial organism in dogs is Ehrlichia Canis and E. Platys. In horses, it is E. Equi, and in humans it is E. Chaffeensis. Studies are still being done to show the transmission and species of Ehrlichia that cause the disease in cats.
