Vets have confirmed 9 new cases of deadly Alabama Rot disease in the UK

by Abbey Maclure

Nine new diagnoses of serious dog disease, Alabama Rot have been made across the country, confirmed earlier this week by specialist vet facility, Anderson Moores.

Alabama Rot - also known as Cutaneous and Renal Glomerular Vasculopathy - is a rare condition which can cause unexplained skin lesions on dogs of all breeds.

There is currently no known way of preventing a dog from catching the disease and treatment is only effective in 20 per cent of cases.

In total, the UK has now seen 216 confirmed cases of Alabama Rot across 44 counties since 2012.

David Walker, an expert on the condition at Anderson Moores, said, “We are sad to announce more cases from this year, as we are now in the time of year when cases are most common.