08/28/2026
What does the core DAPP vaccine cover?
Distemper
Canine distemper is a severe virus attacking the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and nervous systems, often causing fever, nasal discharge, seizures, and potential permanent nerve damage or death. Dogs can be infected by airborne and droplet exposure. The virus also infects wildlife such as raccoons, skunks and foxes, and those animals can transmit it to your dog.
Symptoms include, but are not limited to, fever, discharge from the eyes and nose, anorexia, diarrhea, seizures, and difficulty walking.
Adenovirus
Causes infectious canine hepatitis (liver disease). It is transmitted by animal-to-animal contact or contact with objects, such as clothes, utensils, and furniture. Adenovirus is shed in bodily fluids such as saliva, f***s and urine. Infection affects not only the liver, but can affect the kidneys, eyes, brain and even clotting.
Symptoms can include lethargy, fever, vomiting and diarrhea, coughing and other respiratory signs, bloody nose, “blue eye”, yellow color to the skin, and seizures.
Parvo
An intestinal virus causing vomiting, bloody diarrhea, and rapid dehydration. Dogs are infected by ingestion of the virus which is shed in f***s. Parvo causes issues with the gastrointestinal system but can also affect the heart. Bloody diarrhea is a classic sign of parvo but vomiting, rapid weight loss, and even shock are symptoms.
Parainfluenza
A contagious respiratory virus that contributes to the kennel cough complex. It is spread by contact with respiratory secretions (snot and mucous). It can cause coughing, sneezing and eye/nasal discharge. Prognosis is usually good as long as the dog doesn’t develop any complicating factors, such as pneumonia.
