title: Detection of Aleutian disease antibodies in feral American mink in southern England.
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.
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Macdonald
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000453:Aleutian Mink Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission; D000454:Aleutian Mink Disease Virus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008907:Mink; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral