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A highly contagious canine distemper outbreak at Maricopa County Animal Care and Control has caused its west shelter
in Phoenix
to close some of its buildings over the weekend.
On July 2, the shelter announced it had several confirmed cases of distemper a highly contagious and deadly virus within its west facility. As of Thursday morning, the shelter confirmed
12 positive cases of the disease after testing 100 dogs.
This resulted in a quarantine of dogs in four of the shelter’s buildings and caused a disruption of day-to-day services. The county shelter has also paused dog-to-dog introductions at its Mesa and Phoenix facilities.