84762GD Animal Health, Deventer, Netherlands.
Robert-Jan Molenaar and Sandra Vreman contributed equally to this work.
Vet Pathol. 2020 Sep;57(5):653-657. doi: 10.1177/0300985820943535. Epub 2020 Jul 14.
SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, caused respiratory disease outbreaks with increased mortality in 4 mink farms in the Netherlands. The most striking postmortem finding was an acute interstitial pneumonia, which was found in nearly all examined mink that died at the peak of the outbreaks. Acute alveolar damage was a consistent histopathological finding in mink that died with pneumonia. SARS-CoV-2 infections were confirmed by detection of viral RNA in throat swabs and by immunohistochemical detection of viral antigen in nasal conchae, trachea, and lung. Clinically, the outbreaks lasted for about 4 weeks but some animals were still polymerase chain reaction-positive for SARS-CoV-2 in throat swabs after clinical signs had disappeared. This is the first report of the clinical and pathological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in mink farms.
导致 COVID-19 的 SARS-CoV-2 病原体在荷兰的 4 个水貂养殖场引发了具有高死亡率的呼吸道疾病暴发。最显著的尸检发现是急性间质性肺炎,几乎所有在暴发高峰期死亡的受检水貂都存在这种肺炎。急性肺泡损伤是死于肺炎的水貂的一致组织病理学发现。通过检测咽喉拭子中的病毒 RNA 和鼻甲骨、气管和肺中的病毒抗原的免疫组织化学检测,确认了 SARS-CoV-2 感染。临床上,暴发持续了大约 4 周,但在临床症状消失后,一些动物的咽喉拭子中仍可检测到 SARS-CoV-2 的聚合酶链反应阳性。这是首例关于 SARS-CoV-2 在水貂养殖场暴发的临床和病理特征的报告。