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First reported UK case of likely dog-to-dog transmission of leishmaniosis

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Veterinary professionals have sounded the alarm in this week’s Vet Record after treating the first UK case of a dog with the potentially fatal infection, leishmaniosis, that is thought to have been passed on by another dog, rather than by travel to an area where the infection is endemic.