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LEPTOSPIROSIS - World Organisation for Animal Health
NB: Ve rsion a dopted by the Worl d A ssembly of De legates of the OIE in May 2014. NB: This disease is no longer listed by the OIE. CHAPTER LEPTOSPIROSIS . SUMMARY. Definition of the disease: LEPTOSPIROSIS is a transmissible disease of animals and humans caused by infection with any of the pathogenic members of the genus Leptospira. Description of disease: Acute LEPTOSPIROSIS should be suspected in the following cases: sudden onset of agalactia (in adult milking cattle and sheep); icterus and haemoglobinuria, especially in young animals; meningitis; and acute renal failure or jaundice in dogs.
Chapter 2.1.9. — Leptospirosis OIE Terrestrial Manual 2014 3 Zoonotic risk and biosafety requirements: Leptospira spp. are classed in Risk Group 2 for human infection and should be handled with appropriate measures as described in Chapter 1.1.3 Biosafety and biosecurity in the veterinary microbiology laboratory and animal facilities.
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