Aleutian disease serology, protein electrophoresis, and pathology of the European mink (Mustela lutreola) from Navarra, Spain

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-313

  Guzmán, David Sánchez Migallón ^a   Carvajal, Ana ^b   García Marín, Juan F ^b   Ferreras, María C ^b   Pérez, Valentín ^b   Mitchell, Mark ^a   Urra, Fermín ^d   Ceña, Juan C ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c Ingeniero Técnico Forestal   (Spain)

^d Gestión Ambiental de Navarra S A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adiaspiromycosis; Aleutian disease; Canine distemper virus; Counter immunoelectrophoresis; European mink; Mustela lutreola; Pathology; Protein electrophoresis; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALEUTIAN MINK DISEASE; ALEUTIAN MINK DISEASE VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MINK; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; SEASON; SPAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALEUTIAN MINK DISEASE; ALEUTIAN MINK DISEASE VIRUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; FEMALE; MALE; MINK; MYCOSES; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN;

ALEUTIAN MINK DISEASE VIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA LUTREOLA; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE; PARVOVIRUS;

EID: 53549110000     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2006-0033.1     Document Type: Article

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