Other Animal Disease -- United Kingdom
Dog owners are being warned to be vigilant about a deadly infection their pet can catch just by playing in the garden, as numbers rise.
Dogs could be at risk of serious illness from the increasingly common lungworm disease which can be caused by the animals eating garden slugs, a leading vet charity says.
As slug numbers increase thanks to recent warm, wet weather, families at home are being asked to be mindful of the increased risk of lungworm when letting dogs play in back gardens
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7273699&promed&0
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