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ca'nine leptospiro'sis
Vet. Pathol.
an often fatal intestinal disease in dogs, caused by any of several spirochetes of the genus
Leptospira. Also called
ca'nine ty'phus, Stuttgart disease, Stuttgart's disease. Cf.
canicola fever, leptospirosis.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.