Final part: I am going to be personally involved in taking skin swabs from local toads in the very near future, to see if they are carrying any organisms of interest. Our Bristol project is about to hit the Veterinary press and I will send you a copy as soon as it is published. THANK YOU to everyone who has donated

Part 2 update: Bristol Vet School have recently isolated a unique A. hydrophila isolate from dogs, and this is in the process of being sent to the lab in Edinburgh to be made into a new specific antibody test since the existing test was made from a standard laboratory isolate which had no history but wouldn't have been from a dog. This means that the new antibody test will be specifically for the 'dog' isolate, which will be much more meaningful.

5th Feb 2020 update from Fiona (in several parts): My project is being supported by DEFRA at Bristol University and David Walker. As a result of your fundraising we have some exciting preliminary results from the international blood sampling. Also thanks to you we already have results from over 80 UK dogs, and 50% of these showed an immune response to A. hydrophila.