All Outputs (3)

Leptospirosis vaccination in dogs attending UK primary care practices: vaccine uptake and factors associated with administration (2022)
Journal Article
Taylor, C., O'Neill, D., Catchpole, B., & Brodbelt, D. (2022). Leptospirosis vaccination in dogs attending UK primary care practices: vaccine uptake and factors associated with administration. BMC Veterinary Research, 18(285), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-022-03382-6

Background
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that is found globally and affects most mammalian species. Vaccination of dogs against leptospirosis is an important approach to preventing clinical disease, or reducing disease severity, as well as red... Read More about Leptospirosis vaccination in dogs attending UK primary care practices: vaccine uptake and factors associated with administration.

Incidence and demographic risk factors for leptospirosis in dogs in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Taylor, C., O'Neill, D. G., Catchpole, B., & Brodbelt, D. C. (in press). Incidence and demographic risk factors for leptospirosis in dogs in the UK. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.512

Objectives

To estimate the annual incidence risk of leptospirosis diagnosis in practice-attending dogs in the UK during 2016 and identify risk factors for diagnosis.

Methods

Incidence of leptospirosis diagnosis in dogs during 2016 was estima... Read More about Incidence and demographic risk factors for leptospirosis in dogs in the UK.

Spatio-temporal distribution and agroecological factors associated with canine leptospirosis in Great Britain (2021)
Journal Article
Taylor, C., Brodbelt, D. C., Dobson, B. A., Catchpole, B., O'neill, D. G., & Stevens, K. B. (2021). Spatio-temporal distribution and agroecological factors associated with canine leptospirosis in Great Britain. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 193, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105407

Leptospirosis is an important global zoonotic disease that affects a wide range of mammalian species. Canine leptospirosis outbreaks have been reported after flooding (eg. in Brazil and the United States of America) suggesting an environmental associ... Read More about Spatio-temporal distribution and agroecological factors associated with canine leptospirosis in Great Britain.