Mediterranean diseases are very common amongst stray dogs, because of one major reason: The dogs are not protected against ticks and flies, unless being taken care of by people, activists or associations as ourselves.
Ticks and sandflies can be found everywhere around Europe and especially in the southern, hot climate zones, but climate change is slowly flattening this endemic tendancy, which is why several of these “Mediterranean diseases” can also be caught by dogs living in Austria, France, Germany and other countries.
Additionally, we would like to remind each and every potential adopter of a former stray dog, that the risk of a former rescue dog developing a Mediterranean disease once at home, in Germany, cannot be excluded – even though we test and treat our dogs. Some of these diseases have long incubation periods, which is why you can never have a 100% guarantee of your rescue dog to be “free of Mediterranean diseases risks”. This applies to all dogs coming from mediterranean climate zones, such as Greece, Italy, Spain, Romania, Northmacedonia, etc.