Definition: A serovar of the bacterial species LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS, whose natural host is DOGS where disease is characterized by GASTROENTERITIS, and INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS.
do not confuse with the seroGROUP canicola, sometimes termed Leptospira canicola (index LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS); infection: coord IM with probably LEPTOSPIROSIS (IM)
