Scientists and researchers at the University of Bristol have made progress in the search for the cause of Alabama Rot, the often-fatal canine disease of which hundreds of cases have already been recorded in the UK.

They have isolated a bacterium from material of dozens of confirmed cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV) cases.

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