Research finds mystery bug killed Sandringham estate dogs

Fri, 07 Jan 2011

Six dogs that had been walked on the Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk died from a mystery illness, according to new research.

The Newmarket-based Animal Health Trust was asked by the Queen's Sandringham Estate to investigate the deaths. The trust asked members of the public who had walked their dogs to help in its study and and found 54 cases of what is being called Seasonal Canine Illness . Thirty-seven cases were from the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.

The illness is not believed to have affected the Queen's corgi dogs . The Trust hasn’t found any conclusive answers to the disease, which begins with dogs vomiting, followed by a high fever with diarrhoea and is often fatal.

A spokeswoman for the Trust said: "If we are not in a position to find the cause by next autumn, we hope to be in a better position to look out for it if it recurs."

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