Canine Distemper - save your Dog life - prevent this canine Distemper

Hi everybody , today I want to share some information with you a concerning one aspect of owning a dog or a puppy and its health and that's about distemper .

First of all you know what is canine distemper?
 Did you know that canine distemper is also a contagious disease ? 
 It's true ,the canine distemper virus is highly contagious .
 It's transmitted through the air as well as through various bodily secretions that might occur between various dogs.
 Most often distemper are spread :

•      As the dogs breathe or  cough on each other 
• Also through discharge from their eyes or their nose as well as you know other bodily secretions from infected animals.
• Contact with urine or any kind of fecal matter from infected dogs infection can also occur .

This virus affects many counts of wild animals as well such as hyenas ,mink ,weasels ,raccoons ,civet ,cats and even some of the larger zoo cats.
 The canine distemper virus is very similar to the human measles virus .
This is also a respiratory disease and it is referred to as " hard pad disease ".
Most often the pet that died from this are usually older dogs or they're either very young dogs "young puppies " and both of these one of the things they have in common is that they both have very weak or even underdeveloped immune systems.

 The canine distemper virus suppresses the pet's immune system and actually multiplies within the dog's system as it spreads throughout its body so it's just very hard for dogs to overcome .
Many dogs that have distemper may not become seriously ill but it is also true that of the dogs that do become ill with distemper ,about half of them will die .

What are the risk associated with Canine Distemper ?

   Don't be fooled distemper is a really serious and a very highly contagious disease and it can quickly spread through a kennel or between other dogs .
Significant number of infected dogs may easily die from this disease so it's very important that you be aware of this disease .

 All dogs are susceptible to this disease however the very young dogs and also the very ill dogs have the highest death rate which may be even up to about 75% of the dogs that are affected with this that are young or either very old .
 - Even if a dog doesn't die from distemper it may have its health permanently impaired for the rest of its life .

Patients that recover from distemper can have a lot of other permanent damage to their system such as:
 - Problems with their vision or their nervous system 
- They can have behavioral changes .
- They might have seizures .
- They may walk in circles .
- They may have a lot of other ambulatory problems which may commonly develop as well .
- And puppies also that recover from this can also have severely modeled teeth and this is due to the abnormalities of the developing enamel that occurs to resolve this terrible disease. 

What exactly are the symptoms of canine distemper?

   The canine distemper is kind of hard to diagnose because it has a lot of different possible symptoms that are also all very varied and it makes it really hard so if you have any sick puppy you know immediately have it taken to a veterinarian for diagnosis immediately because it's just really important to have this checked out before it's too late ,so when puppies do recover they may have you know like we said before severe enamel damage to their teeth or they may have problems with their nose or the foot pads which may become thickened and for this reason prevention of can distemper is simply the best way of all today to deal with this terrible disease .

The Most Common Symptoms for Canine Distemper are: 

• Nasal and eye discharge.
• Diarrhea and/or Vomiting .
• Fever.
• Coughing.
• Depression .
• Lack of appetite.
• Seizures.
• Listless.

• So mildly affected dogs make off and sometimes you know they may often be misdiagnosed so it's not uncommon for an infected dog to have a few but not all the symptoms that listed above ...
• So be aware , there is a latent period of time between the time the virus actually enters the dog's body until clinical symptoms actually appear or become apparent (approx. 10-14 days ). 

And this virus can also be easily spread for several weeks during and after the illness is cleared up.

 What's the best way to treat or to prevent Canine Distemper ?

Prevention is far and away the best way to deal with canine distemper .

Proper vaccination of all puppies is absolutely necessary .

It is best to begin vaccination for canine distemper at approx. 6 weeks of age and continue until the puppy is 12-16 week if age .

Giving then vaccine aboit 3-4 weeks interval during this time.

 I'm sorry let's get the routes like prevention by any means it's by far and away the best way to deal with Kane understand fur and improper vixen ation of all the puppies and your dogs are just absolutely necessary typically excuse me typically it's best to begin vaccinations for this disease around six weeks of age and continue until the purpose at least around 12 to three to four week intervals during this time 

and the vaccine must also be repeated several times due to the interference of the antibodies that are passed on to the puppy through its mother's milk .

And the first distemper vaccination is given to those puppies who are susceptible at that particular term while all the follow-ups that vaccinations are given to help provide protection to our puppies who receive vaccination as well so you just want to make sure you know vaccination is by far the best way to prevent this disease so make sure that your puppies and your dogs are properly vaccinated 

So please don't let this happen to your dog because it's a terrible thing for them to have to to deal with .

 There's no one specific treatment for distemper.

Some surviving dogs may develop immunities to protect them from distemper for the rest of their lives but this isn't the case with young puppies .

The therapy for distemper is largely supportive consisting of intravenous fluids, anti-seizure medications and a lot of other medications and it can be expensive .

So the safest protection of all by far is by preventing it by giving your puppies from your dog the proper vaccinations.

 The excellent vaccines have been developed to help prevent canine distemper and these have minimal side effects for most dogs .

Now let me reinforce eyes that many older dogs did not develop a lifelong immunity to distemper and for that reason these dogs should also be given vaccinations as needed .