Contact transmission of distemper virus in ferrets.
Distemper virus was transmitted when infected donor ferrets were placed with susceptible ferrets for various contact periods. Distemper was more likely to be transmitted during the later stages of the disease. A positive correlation was found between the length of contact time and the acquisition of infection.
D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora; D004216:Distemper / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D005289:Ferrets