title: A note on diseases of mink.
abstract: The paper describes in brief the findings in 5,616 autopsies of adult mink, performed at the Institute of Pathology-CIC, La Plata, during the last five years. Nearly all these carcasses, coming from the most important ranches, were examined bacteriologically and histopathologically. Observations about the incidence of different causes of death, its distribution annually and prophylactic measures were reported. It concludes that Aleutian disease is the most important cause of death and produces severe economic losses.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, CIC, College of Veterinary, La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Villar
mesh_terms: D000453:Aleutian Mink Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008907:Mink