Canine distemper -- Worldwide/Unknown
A young dog imported from South Korea into western Canada last October [2018] brought along a dangerous hitchhiker: the Asia-1 strain of canine distemper virus (CDV), which until then had not been reported in North America.
Scientists at Cornell's Animal Health Diagnostic Center (AHDC) identified the virus in samples from the dog, which they suspect was part of a shipment of animals rescued from a Korean meat market by an animal welfare organization. Dogs that are already immunized against
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6388824&promed&0
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