DISTEMPER AMONG DOGS.
EPIDEMIC IN AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, June 13. A serious epidemic of distemper is raging among dogs in Auckland. “The outbreak is the worst I have seen in Auckland during the past 12 or 14 years,” said a veterinary surgeon. “The mortality rate is verv high, and dogs belonging to all sections of the community arc being attacked by tho malady. In its most serious form —tho pneumonic type —death often takes placo quickly, but in its other forms the affectedanimals may linger for three weeks.” The veterinary surgeon added that vaccination was bel.eved to be a safeguard against the infection but it was no use treating an animal once it was attacked. So far as treating valuable dogs was concerned veterinary surgeons often encountered the initial difficulty that their services were not requisitioned until disease had become highly developed. “Dog distemper will not affect other animals or human beings.” said the surgeon in reply to a question.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3823, 21 June 1927, Page 33
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