Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) causes severe disease in farmed mink (Neovison vison) worldwide. In Denmark, AMDV in farmed mink has been confined to the northern part of the mainland since 2002. From 1998 to 2009, samples from 396 free-ranging mink were collected from mainland Denmark, and a low AMDV antibody prevalence (3% of 296) was found using countercurrent immune electrophoresis. However, on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, a high prevalence (45% of 142 mink) was detected in the free-ranging mink. Aleutian mink disease virus was detected by polymerase chain reaction in 32 of 49 antibody-positive free-ranging mink on Bornholm, but not in mink collected from other parts of Denmark. Sequence analysis of 370 base pairs of the nonstructural gene of the AMDV of 17 samples revealed two clusters with closest similarity to Swedish AMDV strains.
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High Prevalence of Aleutian Mink Disease Virus in Free-ranging Mink on a Remote Danish Island
Trine H. Jensen;
Trine H. Jensen
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1 Division of Poultry, Fish, and Fur Animals, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Hangøvej 2, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark
3 Corresponding author (email: [email protected])
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Laurids S. Christensen;
Laurids S. Christensen
2 National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Mørkhøj Bygade 19, DK-2860 Søborg, Denmark
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Mariann Chriél;
Mariann Chriél
1 Division of Poultry, Fish, and Fur Animals, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Hangøvej 2, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark
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Jakob Harslund;
Jakob Harslund
1 Division of Poultry, Fish, and Fur Animals, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Hangøvej 2, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark
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Charlotte M. Salomonsen;
Charlotte M. Salomonsen
1 Division of Poultry, Fish, and Fur Animals, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Hangøvej 2, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark
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Anne Sofie Hammer
Anne Sofie Hammer
1 Division of Poultry, Fish, and Fur Animals, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Hangøvej 2, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark
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J Wildl Dis (2012) 48 (2): 497–502.
Article history
Received:
November 03 2010
Accepted:
December 01 2011
Citation
Trine H. Jensen, Laurids S. Christensen, Mariann Chriél, Jakob Harslund, Charlotte M. Salomonsen, Anne Sofie Hammer; High Prevalence of Aleutian Mink Disease Virus in Free-ranging Mink on a Remote Danish Island. J Wildl Dis 1 April 2012; 48 (2): 497–502. doi: https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-48.2.497
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