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A survey of Aleutian mink disease virus infection of feral American mink in Nova Scotia.

A Hossain AH Farid, Priyanka P Rupasinghe, Jessicca L JL Mitchell, and Kirsti K Rouvinen-Watt

Can Vet J 51(1):75-7 (2010) PMID 20357945

Spleen samples from 14 mink that were trapped in 4 counties of Nova Scotia were tested for the presence of the Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) by polymerase chain reaction. Viral DNA was not detected in samples from Kings County (n = 2), but was detected in all the mink sampled from Colchester (n = 2) and Halifax (n = 6) counties, and 3 of 4 mink from Yarmouth County. The high level of AMDV-infected mink in Colchester and Halifax counties may pose a serious threat to the captive mink and wild animal populations. Because treatment of infected free-ranging mink is not an option, AMDV control strategies for the captive mink should be primarily focused on bio-security to protect clean ranches.

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