Final Video: Laboratory diagnosis of Leptospirosis in dogs
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 2016-08-14

An outbreak of leptospirosis in dogs in Singapore recently.  3 methods of laboratory diagnosis are discussed.  How the Snap Lepto test is used.

This test is for lepto antibodies of 4 serovars.  Antibodies show that the dog had been vaccinated or infected and therefore, cannot be specific as to one way or another. The 2 4-year-old golden retrievers arriving from Australia 6 months ago, had NO lepto vaccination given in Australia. 

This test is useful in this case. 2 Lepto vaccinations one month apart are then given to protect the Australian dogs as the owner wish to bring them for swimming at the dog day care centre recently said to have canine leptospirosis outbrreak