Canine distemper caused by canine distemper virus, a highly contagious, fatal sexually transmitted diseases.
The disease can occur throughout the year to winter and spring-prone, no age, species, gender-specific, but one under the age of purebred dogs and outer cited multiple and serious condition, the mortality rate was also high. In dogs, the disease is the main source of spread of the virus present in the nose and a large number of eye secretions, vomit, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, lymph, liver and spleen, heart, pleural effusion, ascites. And can be a long-term detoxification through the urine for up to 90 days.
Symptoms
The incubation period is 3 - 6 days in early disease manifested as body temperature around 40 ℃, for 1 - 2 days, loss of appetite, like upper respiratory infection symptoms, and then his temperature is normal again in another eight days or so shown, expressed as body temperature around 40 ℃, was missed fever, conjunctival inflammation, sticky secretions, cough, breathing sound thick, depression, loss of appetite reduced to not eating, vomiting, diarrhea, puppies serious cases of diarrhea, often secondary intussusception. In dogs, may be due to severe dehydration, weakness and death.
The neurological symptoms of canine distemper is usually systemic symptoms after the resumption of 7 - 21 day of. Neurological symptoms are an indicator of good and bad prognosis.
Canine distemper virus eye nerve and retina against the role of a certain. Can cause elevation of intraocular pressure, swelling, pupillary reflex, neuritis, finally blindness. Canine distemper can also cause conjunctivitis, keratitis, leading to corneal perforation.
After the acute symptoms of 10 - 20 day part and limbs, nasal symptoms, there may be a high degree of hyperkeratosis pad.
Once the characteristic symptoms of canine distemper, the prognosis and the poor. In most cases, despite a comprehensive treatment, symptoms and sometimes there was a marked impro |
