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Definition of Canine distemper
1. Noun. A viral disease of young dogs characterized by high fever and respiratory inflammation.
Medical Definition of Canine distemper
1. A highly contagious systemic disease of dogs caused by the canine distemper virus and characterised by a diphasic fever, leukopenia, gastrointestinal and respiratory catarrh and, frequently, pneumonic and neurological complications; the disease also occurs in foxes, wolves, ferrets, mink, skunks, and raccoons. Synonym: distemper. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canine Distemper
Literary usage of Canine distemper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1904)
"At the same time, it is not to be denied that the actual money losses annually
inflicted on the country by canine distemper are of themselves sufficiently ..."
2. The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of Animals by Veranus Alva Moore (1916)
"canine distemper Synonyms: Dog plague; dog disease; bench show disease; canine
influenza; typhus fever in the dog; typhoid fever in the dog; catarrhal fever ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"If the work of Carre was correct, and if the causative agent of canine distemper
is a filterable vims, then the experiments point very conclusively ..."
4. Veterinary Journal and Annals of Comparative Pathology (1879)
"The plague is believed to have been introduced by several head of Russian cattle
imported by a Galician dealer. canine distemper ..."
5. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"According to the best information obtainable it is produced by the same causes
as canine distemper. Pathology.—The pathological lesions are principally ..."
6. Dogdom: Monthly (1920)
"... canine distemper By DR. OP BENNETT (Continued from April number) PROPHYLAXIS
A dog exposed to distemper should be watched care- •fully, ..."
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