title: Aleutian disease in the ferret.
abstract: Ferrets inoculated with Aleutian disease (AD)-infective material of mink origin harbored the infective agent for at least 136 days after inoculation. In contrast, hamsters given a similar inoculum of infective material no longer harbored the infective agent at 21 days postinoculation. During the infective period, neither ferrets nor hamsters had any detectable illness. However, in certain ferrets, massive periportal lymphocytic infiltrates were observed. A survey of ferrets from different ranches revealed similar lymphocytic infiltrates only in ferrets raised on a ranch which had AD-infected mink.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Diseases, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kenyon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Magnano
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Helmboldt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Buko
mesh_terms: D000453:Aleutian Mink Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000635:transmission; D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D005289:Ferrets; D008907:Mink