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Descriptor English: Distemper
Descriptor Spanish: Moquillo
Descriptor moquillo
Entry term(s) moquillo canino
Scope note: Nombre de diversas enfermedades víricas de animales, muy contagiosas, especialmente el moquillo canino. En perros, está causado por el VIRUS DEL MOQUILLO CANINO. Se caracteriza por una fiebre bifásica, leucopenia, inflamación gastrointestinal y respiratoria y, en ocasiones, complicaciones neurológicas. En gatos se conoce como PANLEUCOPENIA FELINA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cinomose
Descriptor French: Maladie de Carré
Entry term(s): Canine Distemper
Canine Distempers
Distemper, Canine
Distempers
Distempers, Canine
Tree number(s): C01.925.782.580.600.500.285
C22.268.265
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004216
Scope note: A name for several highly contagious viral diseases of animals, especially canine distemper. In dogs, it is caused by the canine distemper virus (DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE). It is characterized by a diphasic fever, leukopenia, gastrointestinal and respiratory inflammation and sometimes, neurologic complications. In cats it is known as FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA.
Annotation: don't forget also DOGS (NIM) or other animal + check tag ANIMALS but in cats = FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA (IM) + CATS (NIM) + check tag ANIMALS
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VI virology
DeCS ID: 4277
Unique ID: D004216
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/30
Distemper - Preferred
Concept UI M0006595
Scope note A name for several highly contagious viral diseases of animals, especially canine distemper. In dogs, it is caused by the canine distemper virus (DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE). It is characterized by a diphasic fever, leukopenia, gastrointestinal and respiratory inflammation and sometimes, neurologic complications. In cats it is known as FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA.
Preferred term Distemper
Entry term(s) Distempers
Canine Distemper - Narrower
Concept UI M0006596
Preferred term Canine Distemper
Entry term(s) Canine Distempers
Distemper, Canine
Distempers, Canine



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