Although Alabama Rot is a devastating disease, it is also very rare.

Dr Huw Stacey, vet and director of clinical services at Vets4Pets  said, “While it is understandable that dog owners will be worried by this increase in confirmed cases, Alabama Rot is still a very rare disease and we’d encourage owners to continue exercising their pet.”

This is map of confirmed cases around Oswestry April 2018.

Guidelines To Prevent Alabama Rot (CRGV)

Owners are advised to try and keep their dogs out of woodland mud, to wash any mud off their dogs when they return home and watch out for signs of the illness.

The first sign that is normally seen is a skin sore not caused by any known injury. Most commonly, these sores are found below the elbow or knee and appear as a distinct swelling, a patch of red skin, or are open and ulcer-like.

For more details about CRGV – see https://www.vets4pets.com/thevetreport/files/assets/basic-html/page-34.html

 

What Is Alabama Rot ?

• A devastating condition, officially called CRGV; it can lead to a dog’s flesh rotting away.
• It’s thought it originated in America among Greyhounds in the 1980s, but UK cases have only been reported in the last six years.
• The disease results in kidney failure, loss of appetite, tiredness and vomiting – but it can only be diagnosed post-mortem.
• Symptoms include skin lesions, sore skin and kidney failure.
• It affects all breeds.