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Direct contact with infected dog urine.
Not exact matches
Most
dogs are
infected by
direct contact with urine from an
infected animal.
Most
dogs are exposed to the canine distemper virus either by inhaling respiratory secretions from an
infected animal or by coming into
direct contact with an
infected dog's saliva,
urine or feces.
The main route of infection is
direct contact of a healthy
dog's nose or mouth
with urine, feces, or saliva from
infected dogs or
with contaminated items such as food or water bowls or people's hands.
Most
dogs are exposed to the virus that causes canine distemper when they inhale the respiratory secretions of an
infected animal, or come in
direct contact with infected feces,
urine or saliva.
Susceptible
dogs can pick it up from
direct contact with the
urine, blood, saliva, food and water of
infected dogs, or by breathing air containing droplets coughed or sneezed from
infected dogs.