Sentences with phrase «ehrlichia ewingii»

The Lone Star tick transmits Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii, causing human ehrlichiosis, tularemia, and Southern tick - associated rash illness (STARI), as well as Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

The SNAP ® 4Dx ® Plus Test identifies exposure to five tick - borne pathogens: Borrelia burgdorferi, Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia ewingii, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Anaplasma platys, and infection with Dirofilaria immitis (heartworm), spread by mosquitoes.

In the United States, the tick that transmits Ehrlichia ewingii is the Lone Star Tick.

Some dogs infected with Ehrlichia ewingii may not have any clinical signs.

Also for dogs, there's the IDEXX 4DX Snap test, which tests for Lyme exposure (in clinically and sub-clinically infected dogs), exposure to Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma platys (tick diseases), detection of antibodies to Ehrlichia canis or Ehrlichia ewingii (more tick disease), and canine heartworm (spread by mosquitoes).

This test not only checks for heartworm, but it also tests for the following tick - born diseases: Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme), Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia ewingii and Anaplasma platys.

And this test is amazing because it determines exposure to Ehrlichia canis or Ehrlichia ewingii and Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma platys as well as Lyme disease — not all tick diseases but important ones.

The culprit is a bacterium known as Ehrlichia ewingii, which so far was thought to infect only dogs.