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Leptospirosis - Horses
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==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
===Clinical signs===
===Clinical signs===
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Infection with pathogenic Leptospira spp cause a bacteraemia with the following clinical signs
* Pyrexia
* Pyrexia
* Depression
* Depression
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* Anorexia
* Anorexia
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The disease can then invade a specific organ system resulting in associated clinical signs:
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* Opthalmic
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Chronic leptospirosis causes recurrent uvietis
* Abortion
* Abortion
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Chronic leptospirosis causes recurrent uvietis
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* Renal
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* Hepatic
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Subclinical
infections
and
carrier
states
are asymptomatic.
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Horses with subclinical
infections
or those in the
carrier
state
are asymptomatic.
==Treatment==
==Treatment==
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==References==
==References==
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***May be maintenance host of serovar ''bratislava'', which causes abortion and stillbirth
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***Incidental hosts for serovar ''pomona'', suffering from abortion and renal disease
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