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Examples of canine distemper in a Sentence
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Chronic wasting disease in deer, hemorrhagic disease in rabbits, canine distemper in foxes—these are all indifferent to city limits.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
The Sherman Animal Shelter temporarily closed to quarantine its pups due to a canine distemper outbreak, police said in a May 28 news release.
—Kate Linderman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2024
Diseases including canine distemper and a form of plague wiped out ferrets and prairie dogs alike.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
The species is the planet’s rarest wild dog, threatened by habitat loss and diseases caught from domestic dogs, such as canine distemper and rabies.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1929, in the meaning defined above
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“Canine distemper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canine%20distemper. Accessed 24 Sep. 2024.
Medical Definition
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