canine leptospirosis

canine leptospirosis
Vet. Pathol.
an often fatal intestinal disease in dogs, caused by any of several spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. Also called canine typhus, Stuttgart disease, Stuttgart's disease. Cf. canicola fever, leptospirosis.

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