Canine distemper is a viral disease that affects animals in the families Canidae, Despite extensive vaccination in many regions, it remains a major disease of dogs.This first round of fever typically recedes rapidly within 96 hours, and then a second round of fever begins around the 11th or 12th day and lasts at least a week. Gastrointestinal and respiratory problems tend to follow, which may become complicated with secondary bacterial infections. Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, otherwise known as encephalomyelitis, is either associated with this, subsequently follows, or comes completely independent of these problems. A thickening of the footpads sometimes develops, and vesicularpustular lesions on the abdomen usually develop. Neurological symptoms typically are found in the animals with thickened footpads from the virus. About half of sufferers experience meningoencephalitis. Diagnosis: especially fever, respiratory signs, neurological signs, and thickened footpads occurring the dogs strongly indicate canine distemper. urine examination microscopically epithelium of the inside lining from the bladder, stained with Dif-Quick these infected cells have inclusions which stain a carmine red color,
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:27:24 +0000
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