Suspected vaccine-induced canine distemper was diagnosed in a captive female bush dog (Speothos venaticus). Macroscopic lesions included mild congestion of the gastric mucosa and focal consolidation of the lung. Histopathological lesions included status spongiosis, gliosis, widespread eosinophilic, intranuclear and intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies in neurons, astrocytes and gitter cells of the cerebral, cerebellar and spinal white matter.
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 28 • No. 4
October 1992
Vol. 28 • No. 4
October 1992
bush dog
canine distemper
case report
Speothos venaticus
vaccine-induced disease