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In 2014, scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, UC Santa Cruz, Cornell University and other institutions published a paper suggesting that a type of virus distantly related to parvovirus, the cause of feline distemper in cats and canine parvovirus in dogs, might be behind the die-off.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Feline panleukopenia, also known as feline distemper, is highly contagious and attacks a cat’s cells in its lymph nodes, bone marrow and intestines, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.
—Lauren Brensel, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2025
Cats can suffer from feline distemper, but that is a different virus and has not been reported in large numbers recently, Young said.
—Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2022
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Feline panleukopenia, also known as feline distemper, is highly contagious and attacks a cat’s cells in its lymph nodes, bone marrow and intestines, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.
—Lauren Brensel, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2025
Cats can suffer from feline distemper, but that is a different virus and has not been reported in large numbers recently, Young said.
—Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2022
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“Feline distemper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feline%20distemper. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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