Veterinary Public Health, Wildlife and Environmental Conservation
Canine Leptospirosis Outbreak in Osaka
2019 Volume 72 Issue 3 Pages 167-171
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2019 Volume 72 Issue 3 Pages 167-171
In Osaka Prefecture, a group case of leptospirosis in 11 dogs, including 9 deaths, occurred from October to November 2017. Epidemiological studies revealed that 9 of the dogs had walked along the same trail in the riverbed, and 4 dog owners lived in same town. In two cases, the anti-Leptospira interrogans serovar Australis antibody was detected using the microscopic agglutination test at 2,560 and 10,240 titers, respectively. In addition, leptospiral DNA was also detected in 1 blood sample and 1 urine sample from dogs in which the serotype could not be identified. According to the results, the current outbreak is suspected to have come from the same pathogenic foci or source of infection.
