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Canine distemper virus (CDV) is an agent of an important infectious disease in dogs. The objective of this study was to analyze the main clinical signs present in animals with distemper and compare them to the progression of disease. 175 animals suspected of distemper were evaluated from March/2010 to June/2011. The presence of CDV was confirmed in 89 dogs (50.9%). The most frequent clinical symptom was conjunctivitis (77.5%) and in the clinical course of 84 of them, 42 (50%) were discharged, 30 (35.7%) were euthanized and 12 (14.3%) died during treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]