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Leptospirosis is an organism ingested by an animal, usually through feed or in water contaminated by other animals shedding the organism in their urine. It causes lowered feed consumption and lowered milk production with the most frequent clinical sign being an abortion in the last trimester of gestation.
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| leptomeningopathy |
A disease of the leptomeninges of the brain.
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| Leptospira interrogans icterohaemorrhagiae |
The species that causes hemorrhagic, spirochetal jaundice (Weil's disease). The bacteria are found worldwide; the natural hosts are wild animals and dogs, which develop chronic kidney infection. Humans
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| Leptus autumnalis |
Parasitic mite larvae causing itch and sometimes wheals. SEE: chiggers.
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| lept(o)- |
a combining form meaning slender, thin, or delicate.
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