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How long until serious distemper symptoms appear in puppies?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Male | unneutered | 1 month and 10 days old | 4 lbs

how much time does it take for distemper virus in PUPPIES to show serious symptoms such as loose stools, vomit. etc

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on November 4th, 2018

Some serious symptoms can occur within a week to two weeks but the most dangerous symptoms will only start showing after 3 weeks, this is when the neurological form of the disease may occur and this is the stage they usually do not survive

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