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Animal Diseases > Aleutian Mink Disease
Infections > Virus Diseases > Slow Virus Diseases > Aleutian Mink Disease

Preferred term

Aleutian Mink Disease  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Aleutian Disease of Mink

Note

  • caused by a parvovirus; don't forget also MINK (NIM) & check tag ANIMALS

Scope note

  • A slow progressive disease of mink caused by the ALEUTIAN MINK DISEASE VIRUS. It is characterized by poor reproduction, weight loss, autoimmunity, hypergammaglobulinemia, increased susceptibility to bacterial infections, and death from renal failure. The disease occurs in all color types, but mink which are homozygous recessive for the Aleutian gene for light coat color are particularly susceptible.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000453

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