Canine distemper
Canine Distemper
Canine distemper is a highly contagious, incurable, often fatal,
multisystemic viral disease that affects the respiratory, gastrointestinal,
and central nervous systems of dogs. Distemper is caused by the
canine distemper virus (CDV), and is history's biggest killer of
dogs.
Distemper is the greatest single disease threat to the world’s dog
population. Better than 50 percent of the adult dogs that contract
the disease die from it. Among puppies, the death rate from distemper
often reaches 80 percent. Currently, there is no drug that cures
distemper.
Canine distemper occurs worldwide, and once was the leading cause
of death in unvaccinated puppies. But the good news is widespread
vaccination programs have dramatically reduced its incidence.
Every dog owner should understand how distemper spreads, what its
symptoms are, and what to do if they think their dog might have
the disease.
Causes and Symptoms
Treatment
Further
Precautions
Prevention
Types
of Vaccines
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