ALEUTIAN MINK DISEASE VIRUS IN STRIPED SKUNKS (MEPHITIS MEPHITIS): EVIDENCE FOR CROSS-SPECIES SPILLOVER

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa A. Nituch ◽  
Jeff Bowman ◽  
Paul J. Wilson ◽  
Albrecht I. Schulte-Hostedde
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Mephitis Mephitis ◽  
Aleutian Mink Disease Virus ◽  
Striped Skunks

ALEUTIAN DISEASE VIRUS-LIKE VIRUS (AMDOPARVOVIRUS SP.) INFECTING FREE-RANGING STRIPED SKUNKS (MEPHITIS MEPHITIS) IN THE MIDWESTERN USA

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Giannitti ◽  
Mohammadreza Sadeghi ◽  
Eric Delwart ◽  
Marc Schwabenlander ◽  
Janet Foley
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Mephitis Mephitis ◽  
Midwestern Usa ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
Striped Skunks ◽  
Aleutian Disease Virus

scholarly journals Summer Movements and Impact of Individual Striped Skunks, Mephitis mephitis, on Duck Nests in Saskatchewan

2006 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 342
Author(s):  
Serge Larivière ◽  
Lyle R. Walton ◽  
François Messier
Keyword(s):  
Mephitis Mephitis ◽  
Direct Function ◽  
Canadian Prairies ◽  
Striped Skunk ◽  
Intensive Observations ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Foraging Movements ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Striped Skunks ◽  
Nesting Season

Striped Skunks (Mephitis mephitis) are important predators of duck eggs in the Canadian prairies. We estimated the impact of individual Striped Skunks on duck nests by intensive observations of foraging movements and depredation of duck nests in southern Saskatchewan, 1993-1994. Nightly, skunk movements were variable (range 0-20 km per night), and did not differ among seasons for females, or between males and females during the parturition/rearing season. Overall, nightly movement of Striped Skunks averaged 7.4 km for females (SD = 5.9 km, n = 20 females) and 6.7 km for males (SD = 3.2 km, n = 5 males). During 1,873 h of radio-tracking, we observed depredation of 10 duck nests by 8 skunks (7 F, 1 M). Using our observed estimate of one depredation for every 187 h, and averaged nightly activity of 8-10 h per night, we estimated that individual skunks find one duck nest every 19-23 nights. Thus, during the 60-day nesting season for ducks (mid-May to mid-July), individual skunks probably find 2-3 duck nests. These observations reinforce the growing evidence that, at normal duck nest densities (<2.5 nests/ha), depredation of eggs by Striped Skunks is opportunistic, and the impact of Striped Skunks on duck nests is a direct function of Striped Skunk abundance.

scholarly journals Streptococcus equisimilis Infection in Striped Skunks (Mephitis mephitis) in Saskatchewan

2002 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 641-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeen Ten Hwang ◽  
G. Wobeser ◽  
S. Larivière ◽  
F. Messier
Keyword(s):  
Mephitis Mephitis ◽  
Striped Skunks

scholarly journals Aptamer-targeting of Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) can be an effective strategy to inhibit virus replication

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taofeng Lu ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Jie Zhou ◽  
Qin Ma ◽  
Wenzhuo Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Magnetic Beads ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Effective Vaccine ◽  
Stem Loop ◽  
Aleutian Mink Disease Virus ◽  
Random Library

AbstractAleutian mink disease (AMD), which is caused by Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV), is an important contagious disease for which no effective vaccine is yet available. AMD causes major economic losses for mink farmers globally and threatens some carnivores such as skunks, genets, foxes and raccoons. Aptamers have exciting potential for the diagnosis and/or treatment of infectious viral diseases, including AMD. Using a magnetic beads-based systemic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) approach, we have developed aptamers with activity against AMDV after 10 rounds of selection. After incubation with the ADVa012 aptamer (4 μM) for 48 h, the concentration of AMDV in the supernatant of infected cells was 47% lower than in the supernatant of untreated cells, whereas a random library of aptamers has no effect. The half-life of ADVa012 was ~ 32 h, which is significantly longer than that of other aptamers. Sequences and three dimensions structural modeling of selected aptamers indicated that they fold into similar stem-loop structures, which may be a preferred structure for binding to the target protein. The ADVa012 aptamer was shown to have an effective and long-lasting inhibitory effect on viral production in vitro.

scholarly journals Molecular epidemiology of Aleutian mink disease virus from fecal swab of mink in northeast China

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingwei Tong ◽  
Na Sun ◽  
Zhigang Cao ◽  
Yuening Cheng ◽  
Miao Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Epidemiology ◽  
Disease Virus ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Aleutian Mink Disease Virus
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