NOUN
- a viral disease of young dogs characterized by high fever and respiratory inflammation
How To Use canine distemper In A Sentence
- This paper will mainly illustrate the advance in pathological mechanism of demyelinating canine distemper encephalitis.
- The main cause for the decline of foxes on Santa Catalina Island is the rapid spread of canine distemper, which is transmitted by dogs.
- Vets are advising owners of unvaccinated puppies in particular to be on their guard for the parvo virus, or canine distemper, which can kill dogs in a matter of days.
- International concern for these extremely rare mammals arose after thousands of grey seals were wiped out by the canine distemper virus.
- There are four clades that meet both of these criteria (74.2% - 99.9% nucleotide identity): the Sendai clade, the human parainfluenza-3 clade, the measles clade, and the phocine/canine distemper clade.
- In 1999 the System of Inspection and Quarantine for Galapagos (SICGAL) tied in other Ecuadorean institutions to start to control biotic invasions such as canine distemper. Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador
- International concern for these extremely rare mammals arose after thousands of grey seals were wiped out by the canine distemper virus.
- At the nearby Scott Base, seals are infected with canine distemper, a virus passed to them by researchers' dogs.
- Though researchers are busy working on vaccines for plague and canine distemper, such tools are still a long way off.
- No treatment other than supportive care exists for canine distemper.
