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Factors Affecting Roadkills of Semi-Aquatic Mammals

Biology, 2022
We previously showed that registration efforts and traffic intensity explain 90% of variation in mammal roadkill numbers, 70% of variation in the numbers of recorded species and 40% of diversity variation.
Linas Balčiauskas, Jos Stratford, Andrius Kučas, Laima Balčiauskienė   +3 more
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Mink on the brink: comparing survey methods for detecting a critically endangered carnivore, the European mink Mustela lutreola

European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2022
Abstract Monitoring rare and elusive species is critical in guiding appropriate conservation management measures. Mammalian carnivores are challenging to monitor directly, due to their generally nocturnal and solitary lifestyle, and relatively large home ranges.
Elizabeth Croose, Ruth Hanniffy, Andrew Harrington, Madis Põdra, Asun Gómez, Polly L. Bolton, Jenna V. Lavin, Samuel S. Browett, Javier Pinedo Ruiz, David Lacanal Arnaez, Iñaki Galdos, Jon Ugarte, Aitor Torre, Patrick Wright, Jenny MacPherson, Allan D. McDevitt, Stephen P. Carter, Lauren A. Harrington   +17 more
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Investigations into SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses on mink farms in France late in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Soon after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, the Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infection of several mink farms breeding American minks (Neovison vison) for fur was detected in various European countries. The risk of a new reservoir being
Marine Wasniewski, Franck Boué, Céline Richomme, Etienne Simon-Lorière, Sylvie Van der Werf, Flora Donati, Vincent Enouf, Yannick Blanchard, Véronique Beven, Estelle Leperchois, Bryce Leterrier, Sandrine Corbet, Meriadeg Le Gouil, Elodie Monchatre-Leroy, Evelyne Picard-Meyer   +14 more
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The Diversity of Roadkilled Semi-Aquatic Mammals Depends on Registration Effort

Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2022
Previously, we showed that registration effort and traffic intensity explain 90% of variation in roadkill numbers, 70% of variation in numbers of recorded species and 40% of diversity variation.
Linas Balčiauskas, Laima Balčiauskienė, Jos Stratford   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Severe parasitism by Versteria mustelae (Gmelin, 1790) in the critically endangered European mink Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) in Spain [PDF]

, 2018
The riparian European mink (Mustela lutreola), currently surviving in only three unconnected sites in Europe, is now listed as a critically endangered species in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Giralda Carrera, Gloria, Miquel Colomé, Jordi, Fournier-Chambrillon, Christine, Torres Martínez, Jordi, Fournier, Pascal, Lemberger, Karin, Michaux, J. R., André, Adrien, Michaux, Johan, Torres, Miquel   +9 more
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The wild male mink as a sentinel for endocrine-disrupting chemicals and reproductive toxicity [PDF]

, 2013
Increasing evidence indicates that pollutants may affect the hormone system of humans and wildlife. These endocrine-disrupting chemicals are related to an increased risk of a variety of diseases and disorders, including adverse effects on the ...
Persson, Sara
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Monitoring of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in mustelids

EFSA Journal, 2021
American mink and ferret are highly susceptible to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), but no information is available for other mustelid species.
European Food Safety Authority and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Anette Boklund, Christian Gortázar, Paolo Pasquali, Helen Roberts, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Karl Stahl, Arjan Stegeman, Francesca Baldinelli, Alessandro Broglia, Yves Van Der Stede, Cornelia Adlhoch, Erik Alm, Angeliki Melidou, Grazina Mirinaviciute   +14 more
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Employing MIC Data for Mink Pathogens to Propose Tentative Epidemiological Cut-Off Values: A Step Toward Rationalizing Antimicrobial Use in Mink

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Optimizing antimicrobial dosage regimens and development of breakpoints for antimicrobial susceptibility testing are important prerequisites for rational antimicrobial use.
Nanett Kvist Nikolaisen, Nanett Kvist Nikolaisen, Amir Atabak Ronaghinia, Amir Atabak Ronaghinia, Desiree Corvera Kløve Lassen, Chaza Nazih Chehabi, Mikkel Lindegaard, Tina Struve, Mariann Chriél, Peter Damborg, Gunnar Kahlmeter, Lars Bogø Jensen, Karl Pedersen   +12 more
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IHP Candidate Interview: Kristin Mink for Montgomery County Council At-Large

, 2021
I Hate Politics Candidate Interview with organizer and activist Kristin Mink, who is running at-large for Montgomery County, MD, County Council. Mink talks with Sunil Dasgupta about public safety and how the national movement to defund the police applies
Mink, Kristin, Dasgupta, Sunil
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A Microbial Tale of Farming, Invasion and Conservation: On the Gut Bacteria of European and American Mink in Western Europe [PDF]

, 2021
peer reviewedOne of the threats that the critically endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola) faces throughout its relict range, including the occidental population, is the impact of the American mink (Mustela vison) invasion in its natural habitat. We
Van Leeuwen, Pauline, Fournier-Chambrillon, Christine, Fournier, Pascal, Pigneur, Lise-Marie, Michaux, Johan, Urra-Maya, Fermìn, Schulte-Hostedde, Albrecht I, Aranda, Carmen M, Pauline ML Van Leeuwen, Pascal Fournier, Albrecht I Schulte-Hostedde, Carmen M Aranda, Christine Fournier-Chambrillon, Johan Michaux, Fermìn Urra-Maya, Lise-Marie Pigneur   +15 more
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