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VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE
Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 791-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-5616(03)00026-3
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Leptospirosis is a re-emerging infectious disease that occurs in dogs in urban and rural environments. It is caused by a filamentous spiral bacterium that has a predilection for renal tubules. Acute renal failure, hepatic dysfunction, and hemorrhagic diathesis are the most common clinical signs. Treatment with antibiotics and supportive care can manage a high percentage of cases successfully. Newer vaccines developed in response to the change in frequency of certain serovars; may decrease the incidence of clinical disease. Leptospirosis affects a wide variety of species and is zoonotic.
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