There are more than 40 toxic species of blue-green algae. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine water sources and more than one species can exist in any location. When the weather is sunny, the water temperature warm and water nutrients are plentiful; the algae may form massive growths or blooms.
Read Full ArticleLast year an apparently new and deadly disease affecting dogs hit the headlines. Alabama Rot has been determined to cause acute kidney failure and anaemia combined with ulcerated skin lesions on the lower limbs of dogs.
The disease appears to damage the blood vessels in the kidneys and the skin which triggers a blood clotting disorder and anaemia and results in multi-organ failure. Between 2012 and 2014 thirty dogs were diagnosed with this disease and none of them survived.
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