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Distemper

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

DISTEMPER

BY: HOLLY TURNER, JESSE JAMES, JACOB WHITE, AND ERIC HACKER.

DESCRIPTION OF DISTEMPER AND EFFECTS

  • Highly contagious disease caused by a virus similar to the one that causes measles in people.
  • World wide it causes the most deaths in dogs.
  • Inhaling the virus is the primary source of exposer.
  • All unvaccinated canines are at high risk of catching the disease.
  • Tends to attack brain cells and skin cells that line at surface of the body.

DISEASE PREVENTION

  • Dogs must be vaccinated at a young age.
  • Also kept from inhaling virus as much as possible.

Distemper effects

It effects canines, otters, foxes and many more carnivorous animals.

The spread of distemper.

The Virus Is Spread From Dog To Dog Through Direct Contact with urine, blood, silva or sharing food and water bowls.

How to report this disease

Call your local animal control or police office.