VIDEO: Essex vets team up with Springwatch's Chris Packham to...

SPRINGWATCH presenter Chris Packham has joined forces with vets in Essex to warn dog owners about the deadly tick borne disease that has entered the county and already killed two beloved pets.

The life threatening disease is transmitted to
dogs by infected ticks and dogs in Essex are believed to be the first in the UK to have contracted canine babesiosis. It originates from eastern and southern Europe and there are various different strains.

The discovery comes as scientists at the...