CLINICAL INVESTIGATION OF CANINE DESTEMPER ; A CASE REPORT ABSTRACT; A one year old laboradar dog was presented with the history of diarrhea,vomiting ,convulsions with evident nervous signs.Temperature was taken that showed fever of 104*F. The animal was depressed and anorexic.scanty nasal discharge, hyperkeratinisation of foot pad and serous occular discharge were also seen.On the basis of clinical signs and disease history it was diagnosed that dog is suffering from canine distemper disease.After that animal was treated symptomaticaly.
KEY WORDS; canine distemper, nervous signs, hyperkeratinisation.
INTRODUCTION;
Canine distemper is viral disease of dogs which is highly contagious. …show more content…
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