Encephalitis in dogs associated with a batch of canine distemper (Rockborn) vaccine
Cornwell, H.J.; Thompson, H.; McCandlish, I.A.; Macartney, L.; Nash, A.S.
Veterinary Record 122(3): 54-59
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900 PMID: 2895528 Document Number: 325059
During a period of seven months in 1982-83, seven outbreaks of post-vaccinal encephalitis were recorded in dogs in various parts of Britain after the administration of a particular batch of combined distemper/hepatitis vaccine. Detailed investigations of one of these cases revealed that the distemper component was responsible and the vaccine virus was recovered from the brain of an affected dog.