Leptospirosis, Deadly Disease Rains Down in the Fall

Fall through December is the prime season for leptospirosis, a disease spread by wild and domestic animals. This disease can assault a dog's kidneys, liver or blood vessels with serious and even deadly consequences.
The issue is that this is the rainy season and rains wash the spiral-shaped leptospires in to ponds and other bodies of water while the water temperature encourages the bacteria to survive.Canines can contact the disease directly from other animals or by contact with soil or water containing the bacteria thanks to contaminated urine or poop, Louise Louis of http://www.ToyBreeds.com said.

Getting outside together with your dog can be a great experience but it exposes your dog to this bacterial disease. "Outdoors" includes dog parks which I detest. Plenty of owners do not have their canines vaccinated and plenty of, plenty of owners are irresponsible about picking up dog poop.
Contacting the disease is not necessarily deadly. Common signs include fever, loss of appetites, lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration and reddening of the eye area. Some canines manage to clear the infection through their systems with minimal issues.

Other canines, however, can suffer kidney or liver failure if the disease goes untreated. Tufts Veterinary School reports that about in canines die from the disease.
There is a vaccination for leptospirosis although it covers only strains of the disease. Recently, veterinarians are seeing increasing incidences of the disease as well as new strains of the disease that vaccines don't protect against. It is estimated that over 200 strains exist worldwide.
Be aware that humans can contact leptospirosis so it is important to protect your dog as well as yourself.