Leptospirosis is a non-core vaccine. Side effects from this vaccine are considered to be high. Up to 30% of dogs given this vaccine do not respond to it; making the effectiveness of the vaccine to be considered variable. This is a bacterial disease that affects several systems including the kidneys and liver; it can be fatal. There are many different strains of leptospirosis; so no vaccine exists which could protect your dogs from all the different strains. Rodents are carriers of the leptospirosis bacteria. If your dogs is exposed to a rodent environment where the rodents urinate and defacate; your dog is at risk. Cattle, swine, horses, raccoons, skunks and oppossums are also carriers of the leptospirosis bacteria. If there is standing water where these animals habitate that is also usually infected with the bacteria as well.
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