Canine Distemper

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Canine Distemper virus disease caused by highly virulent with signs and symptoms such special rise in body temperature, appetite decreased, and
discharge in the eyes and nostrils. The disease is often complications with bronchopneumonia. An incubation period of 4-9 days, Distemper can attack all types of dogs.

Transmission from one dog to another running quickly. The symptoms that characterize the disease Distemper is the inflammation of the entire mucosa mucous membrane) in the body of a dog, high fever, restlessness, decreased appetite, diarrhea, snot, coughing, pneumonia, muscle spasms, paralysis, and blisters in the groin , disorders of the respiratory tract and nervous system to continue, and eventually the dog will die.

High mortality rates occur in puppies and adolescent dogs. Worse, though death is always caused by a secondary infection, for example, if the bacteria that attacks the respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract. Themain cause Distemper is a virus a paramyxovirus. Type of directly attacking malignant nervous system, causing meningitis causes death. Mortality rate of 80 %.

Mode of transmission

In dogs with acute Distemper disease, the virus is present in all liquids and impurities are issued, such as saliva, feces, urine, fluid in the eye, nasal secretions. Distemper virus can also be transmitted through contaminated air or through direct contact with one another dog , also touches indirectly through objects that have been contaminated by the virus Distemper, for example through the cage, places to drink, places to eat and other tools of the former dog Distemper sick, or dealing with the animals that died from disease Distemper.