LEPTOSPIROSIS

Rainy season has arrived. Flood is coming. Everywhere in the water stagnate. Oops, that's not a place to play. But the source of the disease. For some children, the rainy season is very enjoyable. They ran be naked chest penetrate rain downpours. They play the water that flood the streets in the villages. They do not worry, behind the fun that they are threatening danger. In rainy conditions, water, can be infectious. But do they know about the dangers of leptospirosis caused by rat urine is mixed with water or rain water in flood?

This disease often appears after the flood. Water is one of the carrier bacteria leptospira media issued by the rat through his urine. When skin is exposed to water and infected bacteria leptospira, the process of the disease start going

Leptospirosis is a zoonosis diseases, which can spread from animals to humans. There are many in the serovar among Leptospira canicola, L. Pomona. L. icterohaemorrhagiae, L. bataviae, L. harjo and L. javanica. Is actually relatively easy, but if delayed could result in very fatal. Organ that is attacked, especially kidneys. Hearts, lungs, blood vessel system and the nerve is also the target of attacks this leptospira bacteria.

On almost all types of animals can be animals fell ill with leptospirosis, especially dogs. Incubation period of between 4 - 7 days. Early symptoms usually do not want to eat dog, looked lethargic, and then followed by fever, vomiting and dehydration. Sometimes bloody diarrhea, shortness of breath and mucous colors (icterus). Urine is very yellow and dense, sometimes bloody. If kidney damage is quite severe (can be detected by laboratory examination of the kidney function is ureum kreatinin) is usually very difficult to overcome, and the dog people will die.

When the disease was detected since early, treatment with the antibiotic penicillin is still quite effective and can recover. But usually too late to bring the owner of a dog to the doctor, so that treatment is given later. Vaccination is one way for effective prevention. Unfortunately the vaccine is available only 2 - 3 types of leptospira (L. canicola & L. icterohaemorrhagiae), while serovar in the field not less than 16 serovar. And types of bacteria that is often found in the L. bataviae, L. javanica, L canicola and L. icterohaemorrhagiae.
So even if your dog has been given vaccinations against leptospirosis, you must remain vigilant against this leptospirosis. And it is important that you have to be more vigilant because the longer the disease can be transmitted to humans and can result in fatal. Killing mice and avoid the water is one of the tricks in addition to the prevention of leptospirosis vaccination course.