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Ehrlichiosis has many names – tick fever, canine rickettsiosis, canine hemorrhagic fever, canine typhus, tracker dog disease, tropical canine pancytopenia and is caused by ticks. There is a human form transmitted by tick bites as well. While any breed of dog can contract Ehrlichiosis, usually in a milder form, German Shepherds are sometimes severely affected. […]