Prevalence of the Aleutian mink disease virus infection in Nova Scotia, Canada

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 332-338

  Farid, A H ^a   Zillig, M L ^a   Finley, G G ^b   Smith, G C ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Veterinary Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aleutian mink disease virus; AMDV; American mink; Anti AMDV antibody; CIEP; Counterimmunoelectrophoresis; Virus eradication

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALEUTIAN MINK DISEASE; ALEUTIAN MINK DISEASE VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CANADA; COUNTER IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MINK; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

ALEUTIAN MINK DISEASE; ALEUTIAN MINK DISEASE VIRUS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COUNTERIMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MINK; NOVA SCOTIA; PREVALENCE;

ALEUTIAN MINK DISEASE VIRUS; ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 84865439794     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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