Serum Analytes of American Mink (Neovison Vison) Challenged with Aleutian Mink Disease Virus.

Black American mink (), which had been selected for tolerance to Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) for more than 20 years (TG100) or were from herds that have been free of AMDV (TG0), along with their progeny and crosses with 50% and 75% tolerance ancestry, were inoculated with a local isolate of AMDV. Blood samples were collected from 493 mink between 120 and 1211 days post-inoculation, and concentrations of 14 serum analytes were measured. Distributions of all analytes significantly deviated from normality, and data were analyzed after Box-Cox power transformation.

Long-term antibody production and viremia in American mink (Neovison vison) challenged with Aleutian mink disease virus.

Background: Selecting American mink (Neovison vison) for tolerance to Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) has gained popularity in recent years, but data on the outcomes of this activity are scant. The objectives of this study were to determine the long-term changes in viremia, seroconversion and survival in infected mink. Mink were inoculated intranasally with a local isolate of Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) over 4 years (n = 1742).

Experience during COVID-19 lockdown and self-managing strategies among caregivers of children with epilepsy: A study from low middle income country.

Purpose: Abrupt halt of service provision due to pandemic state of COVID-19, significantly affected care of patients with chronic diseases like epilepsy; its impact being greater on caregivers of vulnerable groups such as children with epilepsy. We performed this study to describe difficulties posed by the lockdown to caregivers of children with epilepsy in a low-middle income country and describe their responses and self-management strategies to overcome difficulties and prepare for a recurrence.

Method: A cross-sectional all-island survey was carried out at paediatric neurology centers in Sri Lanka.

Observations of Dicke narrowing and speed dependence in air-broadened CO₂ lineshapes near 2.06 μm.

Frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy was used to study CO2 lineshapes in the (20013) ← (00001) band centered near 2.06 μm. Two rovibrational transitions were chosen for this study to measure non-Voigt collisional effects for air-broadened lines over the pressure range of 7 kPa-28 kPa.

A survey of Aleutian mink disease virus infection of feral American mink in Nova Scotia.

Spleen samples from 14 mink that were trapped in 4 counties of Nova Scotia were tested for the presence of the Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) by polymerase chain reaction. Viral DNA was not detected in samples from Kings County (n = 2), but was detected in all the mink sampled from Colchester (n = 2) and Halifax (n = 6) counties, and 3 of 4 mink from Yarmouth County. The high level of AMDV-infected mink in Colchester and Halifax counties may pose a serious threat to the captive mink and wild animal populations.