Distemper In Dogs

Distemper In Dogs. This is one of the most common and lethal contagious diseases for dogs. It is a widespread disease affecting wild and domestic carnivores and this primarily affects raccoons grey fox.

Typically respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms occur before CNS symptoms. Dogs are not the only animals that can get distemper. Distemper is a viral disease caused by the canine distemper virus CDV that mainly attacks the respiratory gastrointestinal digestive and nervous systems of dogs.

Canine distemper is a highly contagious viral canine disease that can affect a dogs respiratory gastrointestinal central nervous system and the conjunctival membranes of the eyes.

Distemper is a contagious and often fatal disease caused by a virus that attacks the GI nervous and respiratory systems of dogs. Other wildlife populations impacted by the virus include coyotes foxes pandas wolves ferrets skunks and raccoons. Distemper has symptoms ranging from mild cold-like signs. Canine distemper is a contagious and potentially lethal viral disease caused by canine distemper virus a relative of the virus causing measles in humans and part of the virus family Paramyxoviridae.