A 10-year-old mixed breed dog adopted from the SPCA is showing remarkable improvement after a leptospirosis diagnosis nearly claimed his life. Before Rex got sick, he would run in the backyard while ...

If your dog is active outdoors, particularly in the woods or near open waters, you may want to consider vaccinating them against Leptospirosis, a bacterial disease contracted from areas frequented by ...

Dear Karen: We have a 3-year-old snorkie (Schnauzer & Yorkie mix) named Benji and he is due for his Lepto vaccine. I've been reading up on Lepto and found the vaccine causes more adverse reactions ...

The Centers for Disease Control removed Leptospirosis from the reportable human diseases list, but there is still significant concern over this zoonotic disease. Our pets are susceptible to lepto as ...

Corkscrew-shaped Leptospira and the potentially deadly disease they cause are tricky to study. The bacteria live in the kidneys of animals where they may or may not cause symptoms, and they are ...

Q: We just got a new Labradoodle puppy from a top breeder, and she made us sign a contract saying, among other things, that we wouldn’t give him a lepto vaccine. Our veterinarian says we need to give ...

JURY TRIAL. A DEADLY DOG DISEASE IS RAMPING UP HERE IN THE METRO, AND OUR PETS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES AT RISK. KMBC NINES MORGAN MOBLEY JOINS US FROM SWOPE PARK. SWOPE DOG PARK WITH AN URGENT WARNING ...