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Detection of Aleutian disease antibodies in feral American mink in southern England
Author(s) -
Yamaguchi N.,
Macdonald D. W.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.149.16.485
Subject(s) - mink , mustela putorius , lutra , american mink , otter , mustelidae , population , zoology , biology , population decline , geography , ecology , habitat , medicine , environmental health
Fourteen of 27 American mink ( Mustela vison ) trapped in the upper Thames region were positive for anti‐Aleutian disease antibodies. This demonstration of the occurrence of this viral disease in a feral American mink population suggests that it could threaten populations of at least two protected mustelids, the otter ( Lutra lutra ) and the polecat ( Mustela putorius ), and may also play a role in the apparent decline of local mink populations in Britain.