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PRO/AH/EDR> Leptospirosis – USA: (IL) canine

Leptospirosis -- United StatesThere is an outbreak of a deadly dog disease. Your dog could get it, just by sniffing. At 1 veterinary hospital, half the dogs that tested positive have died. Here is what to look out for.Ms P's dog, Oliver, is lucky to be alive. "It was a long road for him, but he's back in action now," she says. That, after 9 days of hospitalization for a disease called leptospirosis. It is a bacteria carried by wildlife like rats and passed in urine; so, it ends up in puddles and Read more [...]