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Dog A-Z > D > Distemper

Distemper

• Distemper is also known as 'hard pad' as the pads on the foot become hard, thickened and cracked.

• The virus usually affects young dogs in urban and city areas.

• The virus is passed through direct dog to dog contact via urine, faeces and saliva. Droplets of the virus are released into the air where they are breathed in.

• It affects the lungs, nose, eyes, skin, stomach and intestines, resulting in sore discharging eyes and nose, pneumonia, diarrhoea, vomiting and dehydration. In approximately half of the cases the nervous system is affected too, causing fits.

• If veterinary treatment is delayed, distemper is usually fatal.

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