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distemper

1
any of various infectious diseases of animals, esp canine distemper, a highly contagious viral disease of dogs, characterized initially by high fever and a discharge from the nose and eyes

distemper

2 Art
1. a technique of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water, glue, size, etc., used for poster, mural, and scene painting
2. the paint used in this technique or any of various water-based paints, including, in Britain, whitewash
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distemper

[dis′tem·pər]
(veterinary medicine)
Any of several contagious virus diseases of mammals, especially the form occurring in dogs, marked by fever, respiratory inflammation, and destruction of myelinated nerve tissue.
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distemper

A paint containing earth pigments, calcium carbonate, tinting colors, glue size, or casein, mixed with water; tempera.
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The Department does not rule out the possibility that the canine distemper which Awang Besul suffered from was spread by wild animals around Kampung Besul Lama, Bukit Besi, Dungun, Terengganu,' Perhilitan added.
Infection of eight mesocarnivores in New Hampshire and Vermont with a distinct clade of canine distemper virus in 2016-2017.
Making control of the contagion more difficult is the fact that dogs who are infected with distemper can start shedding the virus (be contagious) up to five days prior to the onset of clinical signs of the illness.
Veterinary services and animal shelters in government-controlled areas were informed on Tuesday, according to Animal Party leader Kyriacos Kyriacou, who said at the time that dogs are regularly vaccinated and added there was no shortage of supplies to tackle the problem if cases of distemper were observed in the Republic.
In ferrets the initial signs of the disease Ferrets can contract distemper just like dogs exposure to the virus and include loss of appetite and a thick mucus and pus-laden discharge from the eyes and nostrils.
RT-qPCR assays have been applied to detect and quantify canine distemper virus in clinical specimens of naturally infected dogs or to distinguish vaccine strains from wild strains, using two-step and real-time probes chemistry (ELIA et al., 2006; SCAGLIARINI et al., 2007; FISCHER et al., 2013; WILKES et al., 2014).
Answer: Canine distemper is a highly contagious viral disease of dogs that attacks the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system.
Those who aren't vaccinated could benefit from treatment with a drug that works like ERDRP-0519 does against canine distemper, he says, limiting new cases and lessening transmission.
Maybe you remember the old distemper days, when dogs were struck down by a truly horrific disease that started with mild respiratory signs and usually ended with encephalitis and death.
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