Leptospirosis

  • Cattle are one of the principal hosts for Leptospirosis.
  • Infection in humans is most likely to occur by contact with contaminated urine or uterine contents and by milking infected cattle. Infection rate is also higher in monsoon months.
  • The most common symptoms are fever, headache, nausea , vomiting, diarrhoea , jaundice , body rashes etc.

Body rashes, icterus, conjunctival suffusion etc are some of the symptoms of leptospirosis in humans