Dog owners have been warned after the death of a six-year-old pet from the infection Alabama Rot - the second fatality in a matter of weeks. Marnie, a six-year-old Hungarian Vizsla, died after contracting the illness also known as cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV).
A three-year-old labrador died of the disease last month. Now Marnie's owner Sabina Richardson, wants to highlight the symptoms of the disease. Sabina told the Mirror: "Marnie's first symptoms were sores on her paws which then began to spread onto her legs. She also stopped eating and started to vomit.
"We took her to local vets who gave her antibiotics but she couldn't keep the tablets down and continued to deteriorate. By this point, we were very concerned and visited another vets, who said they feared it was Alabama Rot.
