Examples of feline distemper in a Sentence
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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
Cats can contract a different disease called feline distemper or panleukopenia, caused by the feline parvovirus; a combination vaccine is available for them too.
—Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2022
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
Cats can contract a different disease called feline distemper or panleukopenia, caused by the feline parvovirus; a combination vaccine is available for them too.
—Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2022
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 20 Aug. 2025.
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