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Comparative molecular analysis of strains of the Aleutian Disease Virus isolated from farmed and wild mink.
Annals of agricultural and environmental medicine : AAEM - 21 Sept 2017
Jakubczak Andrzej, Kowalczyk Marek, Kostro Krzysztof, Jezewska-Witkowska Grazyna
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Aleutian Disease is a significant biological factor causing substantial losses in mink farming. The virus inducing the disease also infects wild populations which may constitute an asymptomatic reservoir. To compare genetic variants of the AMD virus occurring in wild and farmed mink populations, an analysis was performed on a fragment of the VP2 protein sequence of the virus infecting...
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