Resumen

HEADLEY, Selwyn Arlington  y  SAITO, Taís Berelli. Simultaneous canine distemper encephalitis and canine parvovirus infection with distemper-associated cardiac necrosis in a pup. Cienc. Rural [online]. 2003, vol.33, n.6, pp. 1075-1080. ISSN 0103-8478.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-84782003000600023.

Simultaneous infection of canine distemper virus and canine parvovirus associated with distemper myocardial degeneration and necrosis is described in a pup. The dog demonstrated myoclonus, nystagmus, enamel hypoplasia, abdominal pustules, and bilateral corneal ulceration clinically. Demyelinating encephalitis, myocardial degeneration and necrosis with mineralization, and necrosis, hemorrhage and fusion of intestinal villi were observed. The lesions observed in this dog are characteristic of a dual infection of canine distemper virus and canine parvovirus.

Palabras llave : canine distemper virus; canine parvovirus; encephalitis; cardiac necrosis.