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Although the estate is privately owned by the royal family, the public has access to its forests, and many dog owners frequent the area. That autumn, multiple dogs fell ill without any clear reason, and some did not survive. As winter arrived, the cases dwindled, and through spring and summer, no new incidents were reported. But in autumn 2010, the illness struck again. The pattern suggested a new disease had appeared in the UK, and because it seemed tied to a specific season, it was named Seasonal Canine Illness (SCI).",[20,24,25],{},"Initially confined to the Sandringham area, similar cases soon cropped up across the country over the following years, indicating that the unknown cause was spreading. In 2010, the Animal Health Trust (AHT), a charity focused on improving animal health through research, launched an investigation into SCI. 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