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Leptospirosis - Cats and Dogs (view source)
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==Description==
**Dogs and cats
**Dogs and cats
*method of action
*method of action
**cause anaemia via intravascular haemolysis
**cause anaemia via intravascular haemolysis
=====Clinical=====
==Signalment==
==Diagnosis==
===Clinical Signs===
*fever
*fever
*dehydration
*dehydration
*haemorrhaging from the mucous membranes of the body
*haemorrhaging from the mucous membranes of the body
=====Diagnosis=====
===Laboratory Tests===
*dark field microscopy on fresh urine is best
*dark field microscopy on fresh urine is best
=====Gross=====
===Pathology===
Grossly-
*widespread hameorrhages
*widespread hameorrhages
*icterus
*icterus
*pale foci in the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] (not always a constant finding)
*pale foci in the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] (not always a constant finding)
*subcapsular and cortical renal haemorrhages
*subcapsular and cortical renal haemorrhages
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Microscopically-
*foci of necrosis
*foci of necrosis
*dissociation of hepatocytes form each other (similar to post mortem change)
*dissociation of hepatocytes form each other (similar to post mortem change)
*need to use a silver stain or immunofluorescence to demonstrate the organisms in tissues
*need to use a silver stain or immunofluorescence to demonstrate the organisms in tissues
==Treatment==
==Prognosis==
==References==
[[Category:Cat]][[Category:Dog]]
[[Category:Cat]][[Category:Dog]]
[[Category:Hepatitis,_Bacterial]]
[[Category:Hepatitis,_Bacterial]]
[[Category:To_Do_-_lizzyk]]
[[Category:To_Do_-_lizzyk]]