Withy Grove Veterinary Surgery, Independent Parasitologist and member of ESCCAP UK
B. canis is transmitted to dogs when ticks take a blood meal. When a tick feeds on an infected host, B. canis stages penetrate the gut of the tick, multiply and migrate. Sporozoites are then...
Lyme disease was first identified as a distinct medical condition in the town of Lyme in Connecticut, USA, from where it gains its name. Lyme disease is now recognised as a widespread disease in...
The life cycle of Sarcoptes mites occurs in the superficial (keratinaceous) layer of the animal's epidermis. Female mites create tiny burrows into the skin in which they lay eggs over a period of 2–3...
I am a student veterinary nurse currently in my second year of study and I regularly read The Veterinary Nurse magazine. Recently, in the March issue of 2015, I was reading the article about the Pet...
PETS was introduced by the European Parliament in 2000 to allow the UK and some other European countries stricter travel controls than the rest of the EU. In January 2012, PETS was updated in line...
By far the most commonly seen on both dogs and cats is the ‘cat flea’ Ctenocephalides felis. On the other hand, the ‘dog flea’ Ctenocephalides canis is observed infrequently on dogs and rarely on...
Tapeworms of cats and dogs have a complex life cycle, requiring an intermediate host. The adult tapeworm is found in the intestine, attached to the intestinal wall. Eggs or proglottid segments...
Foxes act as a natural reservoir of A. vasorum with dogs becoming infected from contaminated, slugs, snails and frogs within their environment. This wildlife reservoir tends to lead towards high...