Carrier Status of spp. in Healthy Companion Dogs in Sri Lanka.

Dogs are asymptomatic chronic carriers of spp. and excrete these bacteria in their urine, resulting in environmental contamination and potentially leading to zoonotic transmission. Although a previous study in Sri Lanka detected anti- antibodies in companion dogs, the urinary shedding of spp.

Detection of pathogenic leptospires in the urine of domesticated elephants in Sri Lanka.

Leptospirosis is a globally common zoonotic infectious disease in humans and animals. This disease is caused by pathogenic spirochetes belonging to the genus Leptospira. The pathogen is able to survive in mammalian kidneys after infection and is excreted in urine intermittently.