| Leptospirosis is a zoonotic di ease with acute to cronic evolution, affecting domestic and wild animals, also cold-blooded species. The spirochetes from Leptospira genera are the aetiologic agent, found in environment, living a saprofhyte life too. It's an important public health concern, linked to socio-economical problems, flood, and occupacional exposure in slaughterhouse employees, water and agricultural activities. This paper gives informations abouts the leptospirosis agents, with the new classification, epidemiological aspects from susceptible species, with the disease prevalence. Are show pathological, diagnostic and clinical aspects, and the prafilatic measurements. |
