Surveillance: Increase in canine leptospirosis cases

• Autores: Helen Wilson, Catherine Bovens, Kate Murphy
• Localización: Veterinary Record, ISSN-e 2042-7670, Vol. 176, Nº. 9, 2015, págs. 235-235
• Idioma: inglés
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  • WE are writing to raise awareness about the high number of cases of leptospirosis we have seen in dogs in the Somerset area since November 2014. The majority of these cases have been diagnosed on blood PCR and have been negative on initial MAT serology; those that have subsequently seroconverted were positive for the Bratislava serovar. Most of the affected dogs have been from rural areas and the majority have been vaccinated with a bivalent vaccine and were up to date with vaccination when they developed the disease. Some of the dogs were unvaccinated and none had received a tetravalent vaccine.