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Canine distemper is a contagious, incurable, often fatal, multisystemic viral disease that affects the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems. Distemper is caused by the canine distemper virus (CDV). ... The best prevention against canine distemper is vaccination. Vaccination works well even in animals...
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Canine distemper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Canine distemper is a very serious viral disease that affects animals in the families Canidae, Mustelidae, Mephitidae, Hyaenidae, Ailuridae, Procyonidae, Pinnipedia, some Viverridae and Felidae (thou...
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The canine distemper virus is closely related to the human measles virus and, in fact, in older times, puppies were immunized for distemper with vaccine against measles. ... The use of the human measles virus to vaccinate against canine distemper is largely passe nowadays. Immunity obtained this way does not last as long...
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Canine distemper is a highly infectious disease of dogs and other carnivores which can cause mild signs or be fatal in some individuals, ... There are no breed predispositions to canine distemper, however dogs that are allowed to stray and mix with other feral dogs are most likely to be exposed to field virus.
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Canine distemper is an entirely different disease than feline distemper. Cats are not susceptible to this disease and they do not spread it to dogs. However, ferrets, as well a number of wildlife species, are susceptible to canine distemper and infected animals of these species can transmit it to dogs.
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Welcome to the AVMA's; Care For Animals ... ; In the Kids Corner you will find Petpourri, a collection of puzzles, games, and "playsheets" that will provide hours of entertainment while teaching children about responsible pet ownership ... Emerging canine viruses...
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What is Canine Distemper? ... Canine distemper is a highly contagious and serious disease caused by a virus that attacks the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and, often, the nervous systems of puppies and dogs. The virus also infects wild canids (e.g. foxes, wolves, coyotes), raccoons, skunks, and ferrets.
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For many years canine distemper virus was the most feared of the viral diseases affecting dogs. Parvovirus may have surpassed it in this regard but it is still a deadly virus that kills dogs and other members of the canine family. ... Canine distemper virus is an RNA virus from the morbillivirus family. In humans,
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