Liz P Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 There has been an outbreak of leptospirosis in the sea lion population of Oregon. This is a bacterial infection that can cause liver and kidney failure, leading to death. It can affect humans as well as dogs and other animals. Be careful if you are headed to the beach or coastal waterways in the western USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sluj Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Thanks for the heads-up. Is the standard Lepto vaccine protection aainst this, or is it a different strain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz P Posted November 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 The warning I read did not give the exact strain. The lepto vax made by Merial covers some of the more common strains, but by no means all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthfieldNick Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 This has been all over the NPR news stations around here. I haven't heard anything about them finding Lepto this far north in WA, but we'll avoid the beach for awhile anyways. The dogs don't mind- no beach walks means more sheep time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sluj Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Have been doing some more digging; here's the most useful-looking information I've found so far: from http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:2283170268197238::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,85703 The California sea lion (_Zalophus californianus_) is thought to be infected with _L. interrrogans_. From http://us.merial.com/merial_corporate/news/press_releases/08-02-2010_Recombitek_Lepto4.asp Specifically the vaccine is labeled to prevent Leptospirosis and Leptospiruria caused by L. icterohaemorrhagiae, L. canicola, L. grippotyphosa. It also aids in the prevention of Leptospirosis and Leptospiruria caused by L. Pomona. There are several references (e.g., http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/assets/pdfs/vetsci-stranding/scientific-contributions/2009/zuerner-2009-geographical-1.pdf ) to Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona - anyone know if that is the same as "Leptospira Pomona"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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