Canine distemper is the most prevalent viral disease of dogs, which has high mortality rate. Vaccination of dogs against canine distemper is the only measure to control the disease. The aim of the present study was to find out the effect of commercial live attenuated vaccines in the control of distemper and the importance of the annual vaccination against distemper based on the occurrence of in...

megaesophagus (esophageal dilatation) is a neuromuscular disease. in this disorder, the esophagus is abnormally stretched and air is collected with food in it. two male dogs aged 4 and 6-year-old, german shepherd breeds and weighing 18.4 and 23.2 kg were presented to the veterinary hospital of shahid chamran university with complaints of regurgitation, dehydration, anorexia, depression, dysphag...

Simultaneous infection of canine distemper virus and canine parvovirus associated with distemper myocardial degeneration and necrosis is described in a pup. The dog demonstrated myoclonus, nystagmus, enamel hypoplasia, abdominal pustules, and bilateral corneal ulceration clinically. Demyelinating encephalitis, myocardial degeneration and necrosis with mineralization, and necrosis, hemorrhage an...

BACKGROUND Infections caused by canine parvovirus, canine distemper virus and canine coronavirus are an important cause of mortality and morbidity in dogs worldwide. Prior to this study, no information was available concerning the incidence and prevalence of these viruses in Cape Verde archipelago. RESULTS To provide information regarding the health status of the canine population in Vila do ...

Del Puerto H.L., Vasconcelos A.C., Moro L., Alves F., Braz G.F. & Martins A.S. 2010. Canine distemper virus detection in asymptomatic and non vaccinated dogs. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 30(2):139-144. Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Campus Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil. E-mail: helendelpuerto@hotmail....

BACKGROUND During 8 months from July 2012 to February 2013, a major outbreak of canine distemper involving 64 mink farms occurred on the Danish peninsula of Jutland. The canine distemper outbreak was associated with exposure of farmed mink to infected wild carnivores and could represent a deficit in biosecurity on the mink farms. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent and associati...

Disease is a potential threat to many endangered populations and may originate from sympatric domestic species. This paper describes a cross-sectional serological survey of canine pathogens carried out in domestic (n = 70) and wild dogs (Lycoan pictus) (n = 6), in Tsumkwe District, northeastern Namibia. Evidence of past exposure to canine distemper virus, canine adenovirus and parainfluenza vir...

Moura, Roberto A. (Chas. Pfizer and Company, Inc., Terre Haute, Ind.) and Joel Warren. Subclinical infection of dogs by canine-adapted measles virus evidenced by their subsequent immunity to canine distemper virus. J. Bacteriol. 82:702-705. 1961.-Young dogs were inoculated with virulent measles virus which had been adapted to canine kidney or human amnion cell culture. None of the animals showe...

canine distemper virus (cdv) creates a very contagious viral multi-systemic canine distemper (cd) disease that affects most species of carnivora order. the virus is genetically heterogeneous, particularly in section of the hemagglutinin (h) gene. sequence analysis of the h gene can be useful to investigate distinction of various lineages related to geographical distribution and cdv molecular ep...