Eradication of Aleutian disease of mink by eliminating positive counterimmunoelectrophoresis test reactors.
The counterimmunoelectrophorsis test was applied on three Aleutian disease virus-infected mink ranches for the detection of specific Aleutian disease virus antibody. All mink on the ranches were tested during the pelting season and before the breeding season for 4 consecutive years. Aleutian disease has been eliminated from the three commercial mink ranches by culling out all mink that were positive for Aleutian disease virus antibody.
D000453:Aleutian Mink Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000454:Aleutian Mink Disease Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D003378:Counterimmunoelectrophoresis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D008907:Mink; D013045:Species Specificity; D014713:Viruses, Unclassified / Q000276:immunology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007136:Immunoglobulins