| epidemiological observations on recent outbreaks of canine distemper in tokyo area. | recent outbreaks of canine distemper virus (cdv) infection in tokyo area were investigated on the basis of clinical features and serological test. the affected dogs were clinically classified into two groups; dog with respiratory and gastrointestinal signs associated with central nervous system (cns) signs, and those with cns signs alone. of 62 dogs examined, 34 belonged to the former and 28 to the latter. in immunoperoxidase assay, anti-onderstepoort strain of cdv serum reacted at a low level a ... | 1996 | 8811624 |
| histopathological features of canine distemper recently observed in japan. | eleven dogs with canine distemper (cd) from the chubu region of japan and the tokyo area were examined. clinically, respiratory and neurological signs were present in all animals. histopathologically, all showed characteristic cd lesions of bronchopneumonia and demyelinating encephalitis. however, some differences in gastrointestinal abnormalities were observed. three out of four dogs from the chubu region had severe diarrhoea and gastroenteritis, associated with numerous eosinophilic inclusion ... | 1997 | 9179753 |
| pathology and epidemiology of canine distemper in raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides). | from september to december 1991, a large number of free-ranging raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides) died from a highly contagious disease in the vicinity of tokyo. eighteen seriously ill or dead animals were submitted for necropsy. the pathological findings resembled those in a masked palm civet (paguma larvata) found infected with canine distemper virus (cdv) in the same area in late august 1991. the most striking features were pneumonia and gastroenteritis. microscopical lesions consisted ... | 1993 | 8366205 |