https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/10230/leptospirosis-in-dogs In the area around Bristol there appears to be a substantial increase in the number of Leptospirosis cases in dogs. I&#39;ve known of 8 now in the 3 practices I have worked in, both rural and urban, over the past 6 months. Both young to old and all presenteden-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/51842?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:06:14 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:85c7b736-21dd-48d9-b855-e3bafaf0220eLouise6732<p>This is good to know, I work in Bristol.&nbsp; We haven&#39;t seen any suspect cases so far, but I&#39;ll definitely remember this as a differential now.</p> <p>Louise</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/51836?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:25:29 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:0f90597c-8363-4d73-b646-5b6fe73fcd6eMichael Woodhouse<p>There&#39;s quite a lot of stuff on the H&amp;S website, mostly related to farming. </p> <p>I read somewhere that if you can smell urine you can catch the bug via mucous membranes. </p> <p>Can&#39;t quite believe there&#39;s no human vaccine</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/51832?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:16:18 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:5f87f9f8-09ce-4f46-9cce-c5a949970067Lorna McHardy<p>[quote user=&quot;Neil Wheadon&quot;]</p> <p>1) The zoonotic implications - these need barrier nursing, has anyone caught this from a patient?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>I had one hospitalized a couple of years ago, and the nurse on call with me caught it despite barrier nursing... apparently, you can breathe it in, which was news to me. She was fine after a few weeks.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>