article_snippet: At least 52 dogs have died after being struck down by an horrific kidney disease, vets have warned.
article_snippet: In the first recorded outbreak of Alabama rot to be reported in Britain, dogs have fallen ill and died up and down Britain.
article_snippet: Pet owners are warned to look out for lesions on Pet owners dogs' legs as vets continue to search for the cause of an horrific kidney disease.
article_snippet: Outbreaks of Alabama rot, which attacks blood vessels in the skin and kidneys, have affected dogs in the US as long ago as the 1980s.
article_snippet: The results of an investigation into the first recorded outbreak of Alabama, published last night in the journal Veterinary Record, reveal the full horror of an horrific kidney disease.
article_snippet: Unlike the US cases, which have only affected greyhounds, the first recorded outbreak of Alabama has caused problems to a wide variety of different breeds.
article_snippet: the first recorded outbreak of Alabama has affected English springer spaniels, flat coated retrievers, whippets, Labradors - dogs of all shapes and sizes from a cocker spaniel to a Doberman.
article_snippet: There have been 103 suspected incidents reported by vets, lead researcher David Walker told the Daily Mail last night, although only 52 of those have been confirmed by postmortem examinations.
article_snippet: Unlike the US cases, which have only affected greyhounds, the first recorded outbreak of Alabama has caused problems to a wide variety of different breeds, including this retriever Erin who died from an horrific kidney disease .
article_snippet: People should look out for skin lesions when the dog hasn't obviously been cut on something.'
highlights_snippet: At least 52 dogs have died after being struck down by Alabama rot .
  
highlights_snippet: Known to affect dogs in the US but only occasionally seen outside country .