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Natalie Marks, DVM, reviews common and uncommon presentations of leptospirosis in general practice, lab abnormalities not to miss and keys to successful therapy.
The review includes clinical signs of leptospirosis in dogs, signalment, what treatment is, and how to diagnose it. Also included is a brief discussion about how cats can get leptospirosis, the zoonotic risk and the importance of prevention with vaccination.
Source: VETgirl YouTube, July 21, 2020. Link.
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Leptospirosis is very much an urban, peri-urban, suburban and rural disease. To wit, in the last five days, my suburbanKansas City fenced, backyard has been visited by raccoons, opossums, countless cats, a red fox, two female squirrels and their litters plus more than 20 species of birds.
. . . squirrels are, in fact, the main wild carriers of the leptospirosis bacteria. <link>”