Internal parasites live inside the animal's body, in different locations including the small intestine, the lung, the heart, the subcutaneous tissue or even inside the eye. The majority of internal...
Hepatozoonosis caused by H. canis is often subclinical or characterized by non-specific clinical signs, i.e. fever, lymphadenopathy, weight loss, anorexia, lethargy and haematobiochemical alterations,...
ESCCAP UK & Ireland continues to advise that all UK cats and dogs be treated at least every 3 months to reduce egg shedding. High risk groups (cats and dogs on raw unprocessed diets, those that hunt...
It has been brought to the attention of ESCCAP UK & Ireland by veterinary surgeons that routine preventative treatment against Angiostrongylus vasorum is dropping in the midst of the current COVID-19...
With most species of mites dwelling on the skin surface, heavy infestations are seldom found in wild reptile specimens because the ecdysis process (skin shedding) provides sporadic removal of the mite...
Ticks are blood feeding parasites. Their exact classification is debated but they are usually placed within their own superorder (Parasitiformes) and order (Metastigmata/Ixodida) within the class...
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...
The everyday parasites that are already endemic within the pet animal population continue to pose diagnostic and control challenges for owners and veterinary professionals. Their control remains...
To ascertain client and staff knowledge of ticks a questionnaire (or quiz) was produced: ‘The TickTest’. The questionnaire consisted of closed, multiple choice questions offering respondents the...
Hard ticks are so called because of a hard scutum or shield on their dorsal surface (Figure 1). The scutum covers the whole of the surface of the male tick but only one third (when unfed) or a small...