Ehrlichiosis

Australia was previously believed to be free of Ehrlichia canis, however during 2020, the organism was detected in Australian dogs for the first time. 

E. canis was detected in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It was first detected in a small number of domesticated dogs in the Kimberly region of WA in May 2020. This was the first detection of ehrlichiosis in dogs in Australia outside of dogs that had been imported from overseas. This was followed by detections in a small number of dogs in the NT, in Katherine and in a remote settlement west of Alice Springs in June 2020 (DPIR 2020).

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