Deadly dog ticks hitch a lift from Continent
May 5th 2006, 8:26 pm
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Deadly dog ticks hitch a lift from Continent
Deadly dog ticks hitch a lift from Continent
By Joanna Bale
TICKS carrying a disease that can kill dogs and make human beings
seriously ill may have arrived in Britain through the Channel Tunnel.
A British dog that had never been abroad died after being bitten by the
rhipicephalus tick, known as the brown dog tick, which until now, has
been confined to Mediterranean areas of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal
and other locations in southern Europe.
It is the first time a pet has been killed by a tick on British soil,
prompting fears that infected insects have spread to Britain on
Eurostar trains or lorries. The dog, called Caffreys, was regularly
walked by her owner, Janet Hunt, on a footpath near the Channel Tunnel
terminal in Ashford, Kent. Foreign trucks park in a lay-by near the
path.
The tick can carry a disease called babesia, which infects red blood
cells, leaving humans with malaria-type symptoms including nausea,
fatigue, fever, diarrhoea and anorexia.
Dogs' immune systems destroy red blood cells infected by babesia to
the extent that they suffer from fatal anaemia.
By Joanna Bale
TICKS carrying a disease that can kill dogs and make human beings
seriously ill may have arrived in Britain through the Channel Tunnel.
A British dog that had never been abroad died after being bitten by the
rhipicephalus tick, known as the brown dog tick, which until now, has
been confined to Mediterranean areas of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal
and other locations in southern Europe.
It is the first time a pet has been killed by a tick on British soil,
prompting fears that infected insects have spread to Britain on
Eurostar trains or lorries. The dog, called Caffreys, was regularly
walked by her owner, Janet Hunt, on a footpath near the Channel Tunnel
terminal in Ashford, Kent. Foreign trucks park in a lay-by near the
path.
The tick can carry a disease called babesia, which infects red blood
cells, leaving humans with malaria-type symptoms including nausea,
fatigue, fever, diarrhoea and anorexia.
Dogs' immune systems destroy red blood cells infected by babesia to
the extent that they suffer from fatal anaemia.
May 5th 2006, 8:52 pm
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Re: Deadly dog ticks hitch a lift from Continent
Who cares
"eetinBelgi�" <[email protected]> a �crit dans le message de news:
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> Deadly dog ticks hitch a lift from Continent
> By Joanna Bale
> TICKS carrying a disease that can kill dogs and make human beings
> seriously ill may have arrived in Britain through the Channel Tunnel.
> A British dog that had never been abroad died after being bitten by the
> rhipicephalus tick, known as the brown dog tick, which until now, has
> been confined to Mediterranean areas of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal
> and other locations in southern Europe.
> It is the first time a pet has been killed by a tick on British soil,
> prompting fears that infected insects have spread to Britain on
> Eurostar trains or lorries. The dog, called Caffreys, was regularly
> walked by her owner, Janet Hunt, on a footpath near the Channel Tunnel
> terminal in Ashford, Kent. Foreign trucks park in a lay-by near the
> path.
> The tick can carry a disease called babesia, which infects red blood
> cells, leaving humans with malaria-type symptoms including nausea,
> fatigue, fever, diarrhoea and anorexia.
> Dogs' immune systems destroy red blood cells infected by babesia to
> the extent that they suffer from fatal anaemia.
>
"eetinBelgi�" <[email protected]> a �crit dans le message de news:
[email protected]. com...
> Deadly dog ticks hitch a lift from Continent
> By Joanna Bale
> TICKS carrying a disease that can kill dogs and make human beings
> seriously ill may have arrived in Britain through the Channel Tunnel.
> A British dog that had never been abroad died after being bitten by the
> rhipicephalus tick, known as the brown dog tick, which until now, has
> been confined to Mediterranean areas of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal
> and other locations in southern Europe.
> It is the first time a pet has been killed by a tick on British soil,
> prompting fears that infected insects have spread to Britain on
> Eurostar trains or lorries. The dog, called Caffreys, was regularly
> walked by her owner, Janet Hunt, on a footpath near the Channel Tunnel
> terminal in Ashford, Kent. Foreign trucks park in a lay-by near the
> path.
> The tick can carry a disease called babesia, which infects red blood
> cells, leaving humans with malaria-type symptoms including nausea,
> fatigue, fever, diarrhoea and anorexia.
> Dogs' immune systems destroy red blood cells infected by babesia to
> the extent that they suffer from fatal anaemia.
>
May 5th 2006, 9:27 pm
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Re: Deadly dog ticks hitch a lift from Continent
You can get flea treaments that also treat ticks. That is frightening
to hear though, but preventive treatments are out there.
to hear though, but preventive treatments are out there.
May 5th 2006, 9:54 pm
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Re: Deadly dog ticks hitch a lift from Continent
Lorna Kemble wrote:
> You can get flea treaments that also treat ticks. That is frightening
> to hear though, but preventive treatments are out there.
>
The problem is not the ticks themselves, but the diseases that they carry.
T.
> You can get flea treaments that also treat ticks. That is frightening
> to hear though, but preventive treatments are out there.
>
The problem is not the ticks themselves, but the diseases that they carry.
T.
May 5th 2006, 11:57 pm
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Re: Deadly dog ticks hitch a lift from Continent
On Sat, 06 May 2006 11:54:48 +0200, Tom Peel
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Lorna Kemble wrote:
>> You can get flea treaments that also treat ticks. That is frightening
>> to hear though, but preventive treatments are out there.
>>
>The problem is not the ticks themselves, but the diseases that they carry.
So what should we do, vaccinate the ticks?
--
Barbara Vaughan
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>Lorna Kemble wrote:
>> You can get flea treaments that also treat ticks. That is frightening
>> to hear though, but preventive treatments are out there.
>>
>The problem is not the ticks themselves, but the diseases that they carry.
So what should we do, vaccinate the ticks?
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
