In a follow-up on the tick-borne dog disease, Ehrlichiosis, in Australia, vets in Top End in Australia’s Northern Territory say some 1000 dogs have died of the bacterial infection. Rhipicephalus sanguineus Image/US Government ABC News in Australia report Bonny Cumming, a vet with Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities (AMRRIC) working across the Top End, said it was hard to gauge how many dogs had died from ehrlichiosis. However, she expected that by the end of the 2020-21 wet season, dog deaths would “be in the thousands.” “What we are seeing is in some regions [ehrlichiosis] is really exploding,” Dr Cumming said. “It has a pretty high mortality rate, especially for younger or older dogs that are immune-compromised. It is really heavily impacting those dogs.