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Highly contagious animal disease spreading through Kern County
by Cedric Hood, Eyewitness News
Wednesday, November 17th 2021
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The City of Bakersfield Animal Care Center(CBACC) is seeing an alarming rate of distemper and pneumonia spreading in the shelter and across the community.
Distemper is a highly contagious viral infection that is primarily targeting those with weak immune systems like puppies and older dogs.
The probability of dying from the disease is nearly guaranteed for puppies; older dogs have a 50-percent chance of survival.
Unfortunately, there is no cure for distemper, however, in Bakersfield, you can find low-cost vaccines clinics...
Highly contagious animal disease spreading through Kern County
by Cedric Hood, Eyewitness News
Wednesday, November 17th 2021
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The City of Bakersfield Animal Care Center(CBACC) is seeing an alarming rate of distemper and pneumonia spreading in the shelter and across the community.
Distemper is a highly contagious viral infection that is primarily targeting those with weak immune systems like puppies and older dogs.
The probability of dying from the disease is nearly guaranteed for puppies; older dogs have a 50-percent chance of survival.
Unfortunately, there is no cure for distemper, however, in Bakersfield, you can find low-cost vaccines clinics...