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. 2001 Oct 20;149(16):485-8.
doi: 10.1136/vr.149.16.485.

Detection of Aleutian disease antibodies in feral American mink in southern England

N Yamaguchi  1 , D W Macdonald
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Detection of Aleutian disease antibodies in feral American mink in southern England

N Yamaguchi et al. Vet Rec. .

Abstract

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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