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Aleutian mink disease: Spatio‐temporal variation of prevalence and influence on the feral American mink by Andrzej Zalewski; Jenni M. E. Virtanen; Marcin Brzeziński; Marta Kołodziej‐Sobocińska; Władysław Jankow; Tarja Sironen is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract Pathogens are one of the factors driving wildlife population dynamics. The spread of pathogens in wildlife is currently highly related to the transmission of pathogens from farmed animals, which has increased with the constant development of farming. Here, we analysed the spatio‐temporal variation in the prevalence of Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) antibodies in feral American mink (__Neovison vison__) populations in Poland (1,153 individuals from nine sites) in relation to mink farming intensity. AMDV was detected in feral mink at all study sites and the prevalence ranged from 0.461 in the northern region to 0.826 in the western region. Mink males and adults were infected more often than females and subadults; the infection was also more frequent during the mink breeding season than during non‐breeding. The prevalence of AMDV changed non‐linearly in consecutive years and the peak of prevalence was every 3–4 years. The predicted AMDV prevalence was low at sites where the number of farmed mink was also low and increased linearly with the increase in the number of mink kept on farms. The predicted AMDV prevalence at sites with low mink farming intensity strongly varie
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- Author
- Andrzej Zalewski; Jenni M. E. Virtanen; Marcin Brzeziński; Marta Kołodziej‐Sobocińska; Władysław Jankow; Tarja Sironen
- Publisher
- Hindawi Limited
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Life Sciences)