What is Distemper?         Distemper is a name that refers to at least three different diseases found in animals: Canine Distemper, Feline Distemper, and Strangles (Horses). I will be focusing on Canine Distemper. Canine Distemper is a highly contagious, systemic (affecting the whole body), viral disease of dogs worldwide. It chiefly affects young dogs, but it often infects other animals such as wolves, foxes, coyotes, raccoons, skunks, minks, and ferrets. The disease is spread by an …showed first 75 words of 711 total…

…showed last 75 words of 711 total…so. Spread the news to dog-owners in your community. Together we can win the war against Distemper! Sources: *http://cheval.vet.gla.ac.uk/vet-x/lions, "Canine Distemper in the Serengeti Lion (Panthera Leo)" *http://www.abap.org/vet1297.htm, "Canine Distemper" *http://www.animalhealthchannel.com/distemper, "Canine Distemper" *http://members.shaw.ca/virology/caninedistemper.htm, "Canine Distemper Virus" *http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/d1/distempe.asp, "Distemper" *World Book, 2001 Edition, Volume 5 (D), "Distemper," p.238.