Dog owners urged to vaccinate animals for distemper

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | May 15, 2009 | Copyright

A number of canine distemper cases have been reported in the State of Illinois this spring leading the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association (ISVMA) to urge dog owners to be certain their animals have been vaccinated.

"Canine distemper is a contagious, incurable, often fatal, multi- systemic viral disease that affects the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems," according to Dr. Sheldon Rubin, President of the ISVMA. Distemper is caused by the Morbillivirus which is closely related to the human measles virus.

Canine distemper occurs among domestic dogs and many ...

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