Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox The RSPCA has issued a warning after a dog died from a rare disease that is spread via rat urine.
Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection that causes haemorrhages, organ failure and swelling of the brain and is potentially fatal to dogs and humans.
Dogs which become infected can die within 48 hours. Liam Heathcote, of Hattersley in Tameside, had to have his dog, an 11-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier called Kiarno, put down last Monday after being diagnosed with the illness.
Mr Heathcote, who was given Kiarno for his 18th birthday, said Kiarno fell ill last weekend, but by Monday his condition had worsened considerably, so he took him to
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