Alabama Rot

The disease leads to kidney failure. A warning has been issued to Irish dog owners after a few cases of CRGV, or Alabama rot, were recorded in the UK. According to MediVet, Alabama rot is a disease that “affects dogs by blocking and damaging the blood vessels in their skin and kidneys”. This then leads […]

4 years ago

Dog owners throughout Ireland and the United Kingdom have been warned to be extra vigilant after it was revealed that a deadly canine disease is spreading. Alabama Rot, or idiopathic cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV), results in painful lesions on the dog’s skin and eventually develops into kidney and liver failure. The disease, which […]

10 years ago