Your Need-to-Knows on Leptospirosis in Dogs and Cats

An image of a positive Leptospirosis test. Leptospirosis in dogs and cats comes from contaminated soil or water.

If you’ve been following recent health-related news reports, you’ve likely seen talk of cases of leptospirosis – or “lepto” – particularly in Hawke’s Bay. What you may not know is that leptospirosis can infect not only humans, but dogs too (and cats, but this is less common). This piece looks at what leptospirosis is in … Read more