Summary: Zoonotic diseases- those that can affect animals and people have been on the minds of the world watching the outbreak of Ebola in Africa. There are other shared diseases that may be in our own back yard. Thankfully, much less deadly, treatable with medical care and preventable with readily available vaccines. My guest, Dr. Richard Edling, Senior Associate Director, Pet Professional Services for Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica will lay bare the facts and fallacies surrounding the disease Leptospirosis.
