Leptospirosis-bacterial food borne steal dogs!

It is a bacterial infection that can affect a dog's liver, kidneys and blood. The bacterium that causes this disease is carried by rodents, especially rats, but dogs that are infected with this disease can also infect other dogs also. Ingestion of infected urine of a dog is a very common transmission medium, but these bacteria can get through thin skin and damaged as well.

Odd is a disease that often can never show signs or symptoms. In these cases the bacteria are defeated by the forces of the animal's natural defense. Other times, and especially, the disease can be a fatal illness to the infected animal. The three main forms of these disorders are bleeding (blood infection, causes bleeding), renal (kidney infection) and icteric (liver disease).

Hemorrhagic leptospirosis begins with high fever, general lethargy, loss of appetite. Small bleeding begins to occur from the eyes and mouth and the dog may develop bloody diarrhea and vomiting. This form is often fatal.

Leptospirosis ictérica often can start similar haemorrhagic form. Having lethargy, loss of appetite, and fever. The whites in the eyes and mouth will look yellow, as victims of jaundice. In very few cases skin of the animal may also appear yellowish and jaundice.

Renal also begins with the loss of appetite, depression lethargic and victims, but eventually leads to renal failure.

All three forms of this disease is curable and all 3 forms can also be fatal. Often the animals that survive leptospirosis has chronic kidney disease to kidney for his remaining life.

Treatment will be carried out, making use of antibiotics, also if the disorder is detected early, it is usually very successful. Cases having leptospirosis in North America are very rare, thanks to the development of vaccines. The Cubs would be inoculated for the disorder in 6 weeks old and they will receive an annual renewal shot to maintain immunity.

Vaccination, clean and hygienic conditions are the best way to prevent this disease in dogs. If the dog is not able to get in contact with the disease carrying urine, the dog will not be infected, even if it has not been vaccinated. This vaccine of leptospirosis cause an adverse reaction, unlike others, the dog. The reaction is usually very light and often include loss of appetite, depression and lethargy. These effects last only for a few days and then the dog are thin, importantly, it is protected against the disorder.

Leptospirosis is the worst disease which can get a dog and nobody would want to watch his your pet to suffer with this type of disease. Fortunately, we have a very good vaccine in existence; Some animals have this life threatening disease at the age of today.