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Kōrero: Diseases of sheep, cattle and deer

Leptospirosis

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Leptospirosis

Here, a number of rope-like leptospira bacteria are shown through an electron microscope. Infection in humans can cause fever, severe headaches, chills, muscle aches, vomiting, jaundice, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. However, some people show no symptoms at all. Meat workers, dairy farmers and veterinarians are the people most at risk. Stock carrying the disease should be identified, isolated and vaccinated.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

by Janice Haney Carr

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Gary Clark, Neville Grace rāua ko Ken Drew, Diseases of sheep, cattle and deer – Infectious and parasitic diseases of deer, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17530/leptospirosis (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gary Clark, Neville Grace rāua ko Ken Drew, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.