{"id":784672,"date":"2026-09-27T22:28:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/784672\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T22:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:28:34","slug":"infected-dog-prompts-states-vet-vaccination-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/784672\/","title":{"rendered":"Infected dog prompts States Vet vaccination warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jersey&#8217;s States vet has advised dog owners to have their pets vaccinated after one was infected with a potentially fatal disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It follows New Era Veterinary Hospital announcing a case of leptospirosis had been confirmed in an unvaccinated dog on the island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The hospital said the bacterial infection can affect both animals and humans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jersey&#8217;s States vet Susana Ramos said cases were &#8220;relatively infrequent&#8221; but are seen occasionally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ramos said: &#8220;The best way to prevent leptospirosis in dogs is to vaccinate. Please discuss vaccination with your private vet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Leptospirosis is spread through the urine of infected animals, including rats, and dogs can become infected through contaminated water or soil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The illness can be serious and in some cases fatal, with symptoms in dogs including vomiting, diarrhoea, tiredness, loss of appetite and increased thirst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jersey&#8217;s States vet has advised dog owners to have their pets vaccinated after one was infected with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-784672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}