distemper

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The provincial livestock office in Chiang Mai said last week that samples from the tigers' carcasses tested positive for canine distemper virus, as well as a bacteria associated with respiratory disease.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

The provincial livestock office in Chiang Mai said in a statement on Friday that testing detected the highly infectious canine distemper virus as well as bacteria affecting the respiratory system.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

These included rabies for dogs and cats, canine parvovirus and canine distemper for dogs, and feline panleukopenia and feline Bordetella for cats.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2023

After nearing extinction amid an epidemic of distemper, the population has rebounded to about 2,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023

Several of our men have taken fevers, afflicted with some distemper which fell on the other ships and now visits itself upon ours.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson