Spring parasite update 2020

It has been brought to the attention of ESCCAP UK and Ireland by veterinary surgeons that routine preventative treatment against Angiostrongylus vasorum is dropping in the midst of the current...

Best practice parasite prevention in the travelling pet

Echinococcus multilocularis, the cause of cystic echinococcosis, is a severe zoonosis and considered a neglected disease by the World Health Organisation. The adult tapeworm is carried by both foxes...

What you need to know about Babesia canis

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...