Pet owners have been warned about a disease which has killed 16 dogs in the past year.
Posters are being placed in the New Forest, Hampshire, after nine cases in the area, with seven dogs being affected in other areas including Cornwall, Surrey, Worcestershire and County Durham.
The dogs suffer lesions on the lower legs followed by kidney failure between two and seven days later.
Vet David Walker said the deaths have similarities to a disease called Alabama rot which was first reported in the US in the 1980s. He said the cause of this was toxins from the E coli bacteria but this had not yet