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Canine distemper virus (CDV) (sometimes termed "footpad disease") is a viral disease that affects a wide variety of mammal families, [2] including domestic and wild species of dogs, coyotes, foxes, pandas, wolves, ferrets, skunks, raccoons, and felines, as well as pinnipeds, some primates, and a variety of other species. CDV does not affect humans.
Spotted hyenas can take less than two minutes to eat a gazelle fawn, [22] while a group of 35 hyenas can completely consume an adult zebra in 36 minutes. [23] Spotted hyenas do not require much water, and typically only spend 30 seconds drinking.
The dog-like hyenas were numerous; in some Miocene fossil sites, the remains of Ictitherium and other dog-like hyenas outnumber those of all other carnivores combined. The decline of the dog-like hyenas began 5–7 million years ago during a period of climate change, exacerbated by canids crossing the Bering land bridge to Eurasia.
Canine distemper is a viral disease caused by the canine distemper virus, or CDV, according to VCA Animal Hospitals. It can infect dogs, as well as other animals – including wolves, foxes ...
Canine distemper is an often fatal infectious disease that mainly has respiratory and neurological signs. [4] Canine influenza is a newly emerging infectious respiratory disease. Up to 80 percent of dogs infected will have symptoms, but the mortality rate is only 5 to 8 percent. [5]
During the canine distemper outbreak of 1993–94, molecular studies indicated that the viruses isolated from hyenas and lions were more closely related to each other than to the closest canine distemper virus in dogs. Evidence of canine distemper in spotted hyenas has also been recorded in the Masai Mara.
Police in the the beach town of Nags Head say they've seen an uptick in calls about sick raccoons over the last couple of weeks.
Jennifer Lopez is shining bright!. On Thursday, Dec. 5, the actress and singer, 55, was honored with the Maverick Award at the 2024 IndieWire Awards at Citizen News in Los Angeles.