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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.

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