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Veterinarians (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0277) at one of two conferences were voluntarily enrolled and blood samples taken. Microscopic agglutination test (MAT) titres \u2a7e48 were considered seropositive. Fourteen veterinarians (5\u00b71%, 95% confidence interval 2\u00b78\u22128\u00b73) were seropositive to<jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>. Home slaughter of cattle or pigs were significant risk factors for<jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>exposure. There were no clear relationships between the animal species handled at work and serostatus. However, veterinarians spending a \u2018mid to high\u2019 proportion of their time (&gt;50% to \u2a7d75%) with pets had higher odds of being seropositive than those not working with pets. A borderline positive association (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00\u00b709) was observed between seropositivity and clinical influenza-like illness (\u2a7e3 days off work) in the 18 months before the study. 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