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Mink is a highly susceptible host species to circulating human and avian influenza viruses
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2021 Pandemic influenza, typically caused by the reassortment of human and avian influenza viruses, can result in severe or fatal infections in humans. Timely identification of potential pandemic viruses must be a priority in influenza virus surveillance ...
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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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Animals, 2021 Aleutian disease (AD) poses a serious threat to both free-ranging and farmed mink around the world. The disease is caused by the Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV), which also poses a health risk for other members of the family Mustelidae, including wild
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Hypergammaglobulinemia in Mink.
Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1961 SummaryThe electrophoretic patterns of normal and Aleutian disease affected mink have been determined. The serum from diseased animals had increased total serum proteins, increased gamma globulin, and decreased albumin.
J B, HENSON, R W, LEADER, J R, GORHAM
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Mink farms predict Aleutian disease exposure in wild American mink.
PLoS ONE, 2011 BackgroundInfectious diseases can often be of conservation importance for wildlife. Spillover, when infectious disease is transmitted from a reservoir population to sympatric wildlife, is a particular threat.
Larissa A Nituch +3 more
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 1965 In a herd of standard minks 30 cases of leucoencephalopathy were demonstrated in the mink kits in the years 1962 and 1963. The disease is assumed to be hereditary and due to a sub-lethal, recessive, autosomal factor. A comparison with the forms of diffuse sclerosis found in man demonstrated that the disease, as it appeared in minks, bore a striking ...
N R, BRANDER, B, PALLUDAN
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Methods for the identification of farm escapees in feral mink (Neovison vison) populations.
PLoS ONE, 2019 In Denmark, American mink (Neovison vison) have been bred for their fur since the mid-1920s. Mink escaping from farms may supply the feral population. Often, it is of biological and management interest to separate the population of feral mink (i.e.
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Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2022 Vitamin C (VC) is involved in many biological processes including immune response. This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of supplemental VC on the development of mink lymphocytes in wild type (Standard genotype mink) and animal model ...
Aleksandra Kizhina +2 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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Surveillance and control of SARS‐CoV‐2 in mustelids: An evolutionary perspective
Evolutionary Applications, 2021 The relevance of mustelids in SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission has become increasingly evident. Alongside experimental demonstration of airborne transmission among ferrets, the major animal model for human respiratory diseases, transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 within ...
Adriana V. Díaz +2 more
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