Farid A Hossain, Rupasinghe Priyanka, Mitchell Jessicca L, Rouvinen-Watt Kirsti
Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 5E3.
Can Vet J. 2010 Jan;51(1):75-7. doi: 10.4141/cjas71-010.
Spleen samples from 14 mink that were trapped in 4 counties of Nova Scotia were tested for the presence of the Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) by polymerase chain reaction. Viral DNA was not detected in samples from Kings County (n = 2), but was detected in all the mink sampled from Colchester (n = 2) and Halifax (n = 6) counties, and 3 of 4 mink from Yarmouth County. The high level of AMDV-infected mink in Colchester and Halifax counties may pose a serious threat to the captive mink and wild animal populations. Because treatment of infected free-ranging mink is not an option, AMDV control strategies for the captive mink should be primarily focused on bio-security to protect clean ranches.
通过聚合酶链反应对从新斯科舍省4个县捕获的14只水貂的脾脏样本进行检测,以确定是否存在阿留申水貂病病毒(AMDV)。在金斯县(n = 2)的样本中未检测到病毒DNA,但在科尔切斯特县(n = 2)、哈利法克斯县(n = 6)以及雅茅斯县4只水貂中的3只所采集的所有水貂样本中均检测到了病毒DNA。科尔切斯特县和哈利法克斯县中感染AMDV的水貂比例较高,这可能会对圈养水貂和野生动物种群构成严重威胁。由于无法对感染的散养水貂进行治疗,圈养水貂的AMDV控制策略应主要侧重于生物安全,以保护清洁的养殖场。