Acute Leptospirosis in Dog- A case report

An eight year old of female ND (Non-descriptive breed) dog with fever, vomiting, anorexic and depressed condition was monitored over 7 days till death. Icterus was common in the affected dog and increased liver enzyme activity and BUN and creatinine clearly showed the hepatic and renal dysfunction. Postmortem findings showed icteric, mottled liver and necrotic kidney. The antibody titer was 1:200 at the 5 day for the Leptospira microscopic agglutination test confirm the acute phase of infection.