First Leptospirosis Abortions Reported in England

Diagnostic pathologists at the Animal Health Trust (AHT), Newmarket recently published the first report of equine abortions in England caused by leptospirosis. Although horses in the UK have been exposed to Leptospira organisms, veterinarians there have not seen a lot of illness caused by the bacterium, explained report co-author Katherine Whitwell, BVSc, Dipl. ECVP, FRCVS.
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Diagnostic pathologists at the Animal Health Trust (AHT), Newmarket recently published the first report of equine abortions in England caused by leptospirosis.

Although horses in the UK have been exposed to Leptospira organisms, veterinarians there have not seen a lot of illness caused by the bacterium, explained report co-author Katherine Whitwell, BVSc, Dipl. ECVP, FRCVS. The new report is the first proof that the organism is causing equine abortions in the country.

The AHT pathologists looked for the organism while investigating abortions in 2007.

"Our understanding is that Leptospira infection is a rare condition in England," Whitwell said. "Any surge in cases could now be identified-which would be important in the equine disease surveillance of reproductive health in mares

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