How long after distemper is a dog contagious?
I want to know i have a dog i THINK had distemper before i adopted her and want to know how long she might be contagious? thank you
Update:to be honest ... i have a 2 year old that has the brown and missing enamel on his teeth, so he survived ... and just adopted another that just so happens to have it on her teeth ... but she is so young about 4-5 months and the bet said maybe she got over it a month and a half ago. i adopted her but how did she survive? and if someone did care for her to survive why was she on the streets? so i do question if she had it. yes a lot of dogs survive but its all up to the fight in the dog and their immunity strength.
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Around 30 days after infection, but typically infected dogs don't shows signs of infection until 15 days after being infected. So, when your dog was diagnosed with distemper she was only shedding the virus for about 15 days after that. Are you sure your dog had distemper? It is a pretty serious virus.
Her body may have fought off the virus on its own. This has to do with severity of infection and the individual's immune system's ability to fight that infection. Looks like your pup was very lucky.
It definitely can spread till a few months after, and its all about immunity.
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Huh!! If the dog had distemper, I doubt it would be alive today, but it's possible with the meds the vets have out these days. Some dogs make it, most don't.
Distemper is highly contagious and can spred from the "dog" up to three months.
Infected dogs shed the virus through bodily secretions for several weeks after symptoms disappear.