Other internet resources on Lyme Disease Other Lyme Disease Servers 2. Leptospira enter enter a new host through mucous membranes or damaged skin, reach the bloodstream where they multiply and disseminate in large numbers throughout the blood, spleen, liver, and brain and damage blood vessels and liver cells. Canicola causes interstitial nephritis and renal failure. These organisms cause dysentery and vent disease , in swine and rabbits, respectively. Bacteroides vulgatus and Fusobacterium necrophorum.
Encounter comes from contaminated feces from recently infected pigs or carrier animals.