Letters CANINE HEALTH Suspected idiopathic

cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy in dogs THERE has been some recent media interest in a small number of dogs with clinical signs and renal histopathological findings similar to those described in greyhounds with idiopathic cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV) (Carpenter and others 1988). The aetiology of the disease is unknown. Over the past 14 months we have become aware of 16 dogs in the UK that were suspected to be suffering from idiopathic CRGV. The majority of the reported cases were documented between December 2012 and March 2013. Most dogs had been walked in the New Forest before the development of clinical signs; however, cases were als