| ACIP | acute canine idiopathic polyneuropathy; Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [CDC] |
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| CDE | canine distemper encephalitis; chlordiazepoxide; color Doppler energy [imaging]; common duct explora... |
| CDV | canine distemper virus |
| CHV | canine herpes virus; centigrade heat unit |
| CMG | canine or congenital myasthenia gravis; chopped meat glucose [medium]; cystometrography, cystometrog... |
| canine distemper virus | An RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus, a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, that causes canine distemper. Synonym: dog distemper virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| canine dysautonomia | A newly recognised disease of dogs characterised by dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. Synonym: Key-Gaskell syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine ehrlichiosis | A fatal disease of dogs in Asia, Africa, and the U.S. Caused by Ehrlichia canis, transmitted by the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus, and characterised by haemorrhage, pancytopenia, and emaciation. Synonym: tropical canine pancytopenia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine eminence | An elevation on the maxilla corresponding to the socket of the canine tooth. Synonym: canine prominence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine fossa | A depression on the anterior surface of the maxilla below the infraorbital foramen and on the lateral side of the canine eminence. Synonym: fossa canina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine hereditary blindness | An autosomal dominant condition seen in dogs of the collie and several other breeds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine herpesvirus | A herpesvirus causing an upper respiratory tract infection which becomes generalised in puppies under 1 week of age, terminating invariably in death; infection is milder in older puppies and asymptomatic in adult dogs; the latter may become convalescent viral shedders. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine herpetovirus | An obsolete term for canine herpesvirus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine hysteria | Syndrome in dogs caused in ingestion of nitrogen trichloride, formerly in common use as a bleaching agent for flour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine infectious cyclic thrombocytopenia | An infection of dogs with the rickettsia Ehrlichia platys characterised by recurrent cyclic thrombocytopenia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine leishmaniasis | A mild infection of dogs, usually confined to the muzzle or ears, produced by human disease-causing species of Leishmania; dogs therefore are important reservoirs of human infection, such as with visceral leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean region. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine malignant lymphoma | <tumour> A progressive fatal disease of dogs characterised by neoplastic transformation and proliferation of lymphoid cells, usually originating in solid lymphoid organs (lymphosarcoma) or bone marrow (lymphocytic leukaemia). (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine oral papilloma | Warts affecting mucous membranes of young dogs; caused by a papillomavirus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine panosteitis | A disease of dogs characterised by intermittent shifting lameness and spontaneous remission. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine prominence | An elevation on the maxilla corresponding to the socket of the canine tooth. Synonym: canine prominence. (05 Mar 2000) |