Blog: leptospirosis

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Leptospirosis; So What’s This About?

  Leptospirosis is a common zoonotic (transmissible to humans) disease found all over the world. Dogs become infected after exposure to contaminated urine from infected, shedding wild animals.

Dr. Maegan Melillo with Ziggy the dog

Ziggy's Story by Dr. Maegan Melillo

Ziggy is a 5 year old Golden Retriever that came to see us for feeling very under the weather. Ziggy had no appetite and had been vomiting. He was very dehydrated and for normally rambunctious dog, Ziggy was absolutely listless. Ziggy was immediately admitted in hospital and we started to...