How to Use canine distemper in a Sentence

canine distemper

noun

• The species is the planet’s rarest wild dog, threatened by habitat loss and diseases caught from domestic dogs, such as canine distemper and rabies.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
• At 60 days, they'll be vaccinated for canine distemper and plague and at 90 days, for rabies.
  — Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2021
• By the end of February, the shelter had euthanized 29 skunks and 20 racoons that were believed to have canine distemper.
  — Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2022
• The disease, called canine distemper virus (CDV), infects many animals besides dogs, but it is rarely found in cats.
  — Rafi Letxter, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2018
• Norwood said vaccines for canine distemper are offered for free by ACS.
  — Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2023
• Norwood noted that unlike the rabies vaccine, which is required by state law for pets, the canine distemper vaccine is not.
  — Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2023
• Since then, canine distemper, an untreatable virus that can infect many types of carnivores, has spread among Amur tigers across the subspecies' range in Russia's far east.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2021
• Canine Distemper If your dog is shaking from canine distemper, see your vet right away.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
• The seals were suffering from a disease called phocine distemper virus, which is related to the canine distemper virus that infects domestic dogs.
  — Popular Science, 22 June 2020
• Some of the animals also suffered from complications due to canine distemper, a condition that can affect dogs and tigers.
  — Steve Winter, National Geographic, 17 Sep. 2019
• Humans cannot get canine distemper, but dogs can if they are not properly vaccinated, according to the release.
  — Lily Jackson | [e-mail], al, 19 May 2020
• Over the past 30 years, we have been caught unawares by bovine tuberculosis in African lions, canine distemper virus in Siberian seals and tigers, and leprosy in North American armadillos.
  — Stephen Harrison, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2016
• State officials are warning about the spread of canine distemper among wild animals that carry the potentially fatal virus.
  — Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2020
• These animals were left on the ranch where they were closely monitored until a plague and canine distemper outbreak caused population numbers to plummet to 18.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
• San Antonio Animal Care Services is warning the public about high rates of a contagious dog disease known as canine distemper.
  — Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2023
• The long list of animals known to have been infected by canine distemper includes rhesus monkeys, pandas, American black bears, South American jaguars and even seals.
  — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• Europeans could have brought over diseases such as rabies and canine distemper (similar to measles, but in dogs) that were probably not present in the Americas before, Perri said.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Fox News, 6 July 2018
• The organization suspects his maladies may have led to his abandonment, and the pint-sized pup is currently on quarantine as staff watch for signs of canine distemper virus, officials said.
  — Jesse Garza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2018
• Another challenge hit the Humane Society in December when canine distemper cases were found in the shelters.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022
• Tigers are known to be vulnerable to rabies, anthrax and canine distemper, an often fatal morbillivirus commonly spread by stray dogs.
  — Gloria Dickie, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020
• While outbreaks of canine distemper can be somewhat cyclical, occurring every few years and then subsiding naturally, the current outbreak in the Bay Area is startling, Campbell said.
  — Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2022
• The virus, called canine distemper, causes raccoons to leave their traditional habitats—trees, garbage cans, nighttime—and venture into the human domain, often in a crazed, disoriented or wobbly state.
  — Corinne Ramey, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018
• Dogs can receive a vaccine for canine distemper as young as six months, and boosters are given every year in a combination shot known as DHPP that also protects against several other diseases.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2022
• And that risk, combined with a ferret’s susceptibility to plague, canine distemper and other diseases, make survival tenuous, even in the most ideal wild conditions.
  — Andrew Nicla, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2019
• Of 26 raccoons found dead inside the park since June 24, two tested positive for the canine distemper virus, which doesn’t affect humans but can spread to unvaccinated dogs, officials with the city Health and Parks departments revealed on Saturday.
  — Fox News, 22 July 2018
• Raccoons can spread canine distemper and lay Baylisascaris roundworm eggs in water, sandboxes or on objects, which could potentially lead to severe infections in humans.
  — Janet Eastman, oregonlive.com, 19 July 2019
• Over the last month, 55 dogs were euthanized, 49 of which were officially diagnosed with canine distemper, Santiago said.
  — Claire Rafford, azcentral, 2 July 2019
• Rabies, canine distemper virus, and bacterial infections were ruled out during testing.
  — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 11 Apr. 2018
• According to animal experts, the raccoons likely are suffering from canine distemper.
  — Brandon Patterson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2018
• Also known as canine distemper, the virus affects dogs’ respiratory, gastrointestinal and nervous systems.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 28 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024