Biliary fever

Biliary fever is an illness of the liver affecting horses,[1] dogs[2] and cats.[3]

This is currently the most common infectious disease of dogs in Southern Africa. It is also known as tick bite fever or "Bosluiskoors" in Afrikaans. It is caused by a tiny parasite (Babesia canis) which is introduced into the body by a tick bite. This parasite then enters and destroys red blood cells. Biliary in dogs has a lot in common with malaria in man, except that in the latter, a mosquito is the vector.

  1. ^ Boden, Edward; Geoffrey Philip West (1998). Black's Veterinary Dictionary. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-389-21017-7.
  2. ^ Griffiths, Henry Joseph (1978). A Handbook of Veterinary Parasitology. University of Minnesota Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-8166-0834-8.
  3. ^ Jackson, C.; F.J. Dunning (1937). "Biliary fever (nuttalliosis) of the cat. a case in the Stellenbosch District". Journal of the South African Veterinary Medical Association. 8: 83–88.