July 2021

• Prevalence, distribution and molecular epidemiology of Aleutian mink disease virus, mink enteritis virus and other parvoviruses in wild mink of British Columbia

 

April 2021

• Dietary supplementation of Ascophylum nodosum improved kidney function of mink challenged with Aleutian mink disease virus

• Effects of dietary kelp (Ascophylum nodosum) supplementation on survival rate and reproductive performance of mink challenged with Aleutian mink disease virus

• Dose response of black American mink to Aleutian mink disease virus

• Evaluation of Growth Curve Models for Body Weight in American Mink

• Tail Tip Hair Loss in Mink a Case Report

• Opportunities for genomic selection in American mink: A simulation study

• Detection of selection signatures for response to Aleutian mink disease virus infection in American mink

• Linkage Disequilibrium, Effective Population Size and Genomic Inbreeding Rates in American Mink Using Genotyping-by-Sequencing Data

• Selection for Favorable Health Traits: A Potential Approach to Cope with Diseases in Farm Animals

• Fat liver syndrome in the mink—preliminary proof of dialogue between adipose tissue and liver through extracellular vesicles as a cause of hepatic lipid accumulation

• Orotic acid-treated hepatocellular carcinoma cells resist steatosis by modification of fatty acid metabolism

 

February 2020

• Mink Industry Byproduct Report

• Aleutian mink disease virus and related viruses in British Columbia wildlife

• Aleutian Disease Virus (ADV) Heating Study

• Development of Genetic Markers for Detection of Aleutian Disease Resistance

• Additional foraging elements reduce abnormal behaviour – fur-chewing and stereotypic behaviour – in farmed mink

• Determination of the Genetic Component of Fur-Chewing in Chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera)and Its Economic Impact

 

June 2019

• Application of Molecular Methods to the Study of Infectious Diseases in the Mink Industry.

• A Comparison Between Intraperitoneal Injection and Intranasal and Oral Inoculation of Mink with Aleutian Mink Disease Virus

• Dam Characteristics Associated with Pre‑weaning Diarrhea in Mink

• Tail Tip Lesions in Mink: Effects of an Additional Hammock in Multilevel Cages

• Orotic acid-treated hepatocyte carcinoma cells resist steatosis by modification of fatty acid metabolism

• Induction of Maxillary and Mandibular Squamous Epithelial Cell Proliferation in Mink (Neovison vison) by b-Naphthoflavone

• Prolonged Nest Building Increase the Reproductive Outcome in American Female Mink

• Early Recognition of Offspring Vocalisation by Mink Mothers

• Stereotypic Behaviours are Heterogeneous in their Triggers and Treatments in the American Mink, a Model Carnivore

• Detection of self-biting behavior of mink by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and sequence-characterized amplified regions (SCAR)

 

January 2018

• Using Animals’ Preferences for Different Ceiling Heights to Improve Cage Design

• Shelves, Platforms, and Hammocks

• Manipulable Enrichment Items

• Larder Beetles: Life Cycle and Control

• Larder Beetles: Insecticides

• Squid Hydrolysate: a Potential Replacement for Fish Meal and Phosphoric Acid/Sodium Bisulfate in Mink Feed

 

May 2017

• Overview of Cage Size Project

• Eimeria Vison on Dutch Mink Farms

• Whole Genome Sequencing of Aleutian Disease Virus from Skunks in British Columbia

• H1N1 Influenza in Wisconsin Mink

• Cutaneous diphtheria-like disease with Corynebacterium ulcerans in mink and its presence on nasal mucosa of healthy mink

• Genetic Analysis of the Aleutian Mink Disease Virus in Free Ranging Mink in Nova Scotia

• FINAL REPORT: Comparison of MALDI-TOF and ELISA for identification of breeding animals in AD resistance breeding program -Clinical trial

• Selection for tolerance to Aleutian mink disease virus infection reduces severity of disease symptoms

• The accuracy of CIEP in detecting mink infected with Aleutian mink disease virus under long-term eradication programs

• A Comparison between ELISA and CIEP for Measuring Titres against ADV

• Accuracy of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for quantification of antibodies against ADV

 

November 2016

• Pediculosis (Stachiellaarseni) in Farmed Mink

• Use of PRO-PEP F as an Alternative to Sodium Bisulfate to Prevent Urinary Calculi in Mink

• Nitrogen and Amino Acid Digestibility of Feed Containing HP300 as a Replacement for Fish Meal Fed to Natural Dark Mink

• Naturally occurring Influenza A virus subtype H1N2 infection in a Midwest United States mink (Mustela vison) ranch

• Avian influenza virus H9N2 infections in farmed minks

• Extended Viral Shedding of a Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus by Striped Skunks (Mephitis mephitis)

• Estradiol stimulates glycogen synthesis whereas progesterone promotes glycogen catabolism in the uterus of the American mink (Neovison vison)

• Fecal progestin concentrations as an indicator of reproductive success in American Mink

 

October 2015

• Assessment of Diflubenzuron as a Feed-through Larvicide in Mink

• Causes of mortality in farmed mink in the Intermountain West, North America

• Genome-wide Association Mapping of Response to Infection by the Aleutian Mink Disease Virus

• Detection of the Aleutian mink disease virus in soil and water

• Composting of mink manure: How high can the temperature go?

• Does composting kill Aleutian disease virus in mink manure?

• Killing Aleutian disease virus by heat – A progress report

• The Effects of Estradiol and Progesterone on Catecholestrogen Synthesizing Enzyme Activity in Immortalized Mink Uterine Epithelial Cells

 

September 2011

• The effects of estradiol and catecholestrogens on uterine glycogen metabolism in mink (Neovison vison)

• Sequencing of Aleutian mink disease virus – a preliminary report

• Influenza in mink

• Naturally occurring influenza A virus (H1N2) infection in a US Midwest mink ranch

 

February 2011

• A letter from Dr. Hugh Hildebrandt

• AD research update

• Evaluation of sodium bisulfate as a replacement for phosphoric acid in a conventional mink ranch diet

• Effects of moderate diet restriction on reproductive longevity in mink females

• Dual identification of Aleutian disease virus (ADV) IgG and IgM antibodies in mink blood by lateral flow immunoassay with two test lines

• Selection for low blood gamma globulin in mink naturally exposed to the Aleutian mink disease virus

 

January 2010, Vol. 18, No. 1

• Canine distemper

• Kit mortality on Danish mink farms from weaning to pelting

 

October 2009, Vol. 17, No. 3

• Mink disease: Basic research

• Genotype-environment interaction of mink

• Effect of excess dietary sulfur-containing amino acids on digestibility in mink

 

June 2009, Vol. 17, No. 2

• Diet protein in mink gestation

• Mink virus enteritis

• Sodium-bisulfate, ammonium chloride, benzoic and adipic acid in the feed for 28-56 day old mink kits

 

March 2009, Vol. 17, No. 1

• Aleutian disease virus dipstick test

• The influence of body condition on breeding results and early kit mortality

• Rare genetic diseases

 

December 2008, Vol. 16, No. 4

• Convulsions in mink

• Individual differences in the behavior of mink: How does variation in activity (specially stereotypic behavior) reflect degree of adaptation to typical farm conditions?

• Development of an animal model for staphylococcal enterotoxicosis

• Feeding uncooked pork byproducts can lead to salmonella abortions

• Enteritis in mink kits prior to weaning

 

September 2008, Vol. 16, No. 3

• Recent progress in research program activities, by Dr. Kirsti Rouvinen-Watt, Nova Scotia Agricultural College: Blood sugar regulations in mink females during the reproductive cycle; Effects of body condition on lipid and glucose metabolism in mink; Mink fatty liver disease – causes and metabolic consequences

• Pseudomonas pneumonia in mink in Rogaland, Norway – Medical and practical aspects throughout an outbreak in 2006

• Mink and “mad cow disease”

• Effects of climbing cages and group size on behavior and production in juvenile mink

 

June 2008, Vol. 16, No. 2

• Mink virus enteritis: Its first occurrence

• Maximizing mink kit survival

• The early history of epizootic catarrhal gastroenteritis (ECG)

• Revival of apparently lifeless mink kits at birth

• Enteritis in mink kits prior to weaning

 

March 2008, Vol. 16, No. 1

• RIP Dr. Richard Shackelford

• Enzyme additions to mink diets

• A pseudorabies outbreak in mink

• Mastitis in mink

 

December 2007, Vol. 15, No. 4

• G.R Hartsough Scholarship award winner

• Distillers dried solubles for mink

• The big four mink diseases

• Lead poisoning

• Testing for Aleutian disease

 

September 2007, Vol. 15, No. 3

• Treatment and prevention of fatty liver disease in mink

• Mink nursing sickness

• Testing alphamune – a feed supplement for mink

• Mink and chronic wasting disease of deer

• Effects of estradiol, progesterone and prolactin

• Fatty change of the liver

• Annual meeting, Mink Farmers’ Research Foundation

 

June 2007, Vol. 15, No. 2

• Distillers’ dried grains and solubles in mink feed

• Prevalence of coccidia in northwest mink

• Tularemia in mink

• Ringworm in ranch mink

• Feed use of a mannanoligosaccharide to enhance kit survival and growth

• Hormonal effects on uterine implantation

• Pussy lungs

 

April 2007, Vol. 15, No. 1

• Methionine substitutes in mink diets

• More about distillers’ dried grains/solubles

• Giant kidney worms in mink

• Mink welfare in practice

• Fur chewing

• Effects of pesticides on mink reproduction

• Yellow fat disease

 

December 2006, Vol. 14, No. 4 (sic; the cover says December 2007)

• Compact disk on diseases and parasites of mink

• Transmission of Aleutian disease virus (ADV)

• Distillers’ dried grains and solubles as mink feed

• Canada mink breeders annual meeting

• Chastek paralysis

• The effect of pelting time on pelt quality

• Reduced dietary protein during winter feeding

• Mycotoxins in mink feed

 

September 2006, Vol. 14, No. 3

• MFRF meeting

• Investigation of a commercial feed supplement

• Hormonal effects on mink production and reproduction

• Aleutian disease: the iodine agglutination test (IAT)

• Irradiation as a means of preserving mink feed

 

June 2006, Vol. 14, No. 2

• The good life – mink research

• Delayed implantation, or diapause in mink reproduction

• Milk and cheese by-products as mink feeds

• Nursing sickness in mink

• Assessing the temperament of mink

• Water supply for lactating mink

• Fiber in the mink diet and stereotypies

• Fats / oils in the mink diet

 

March 2006, Vol. 14, No. 1

• Salmonellosis of mink

• Carbohydrate digestibilty by mink

• Blood and bloodmeal in mink diets

• Mink are susceptible to mad cow disease

• Mink length, weight and pelt size

• Controlling oxidative stress in mink

 

December 2005, Vol. 13, No. 4

• Diagnosis of distemper in mink

• Cortisol, as an indicator of stress

• Vitamin E for mink

• Caging mink females with a male kit 

• Botulism in mink

• Rapid-fire tests detect botulism toxin

 

September 2005, Vol. 13, No. 3

• Nervous distemper in mink

• Fiber in the mink diet

• Dietary vitamin A level and growth & fur quality in mink

• Use of irradiation to preserve mink feeds

• Coccidiosis in Pacific Northwest mink

• Intestinal coccidiosis in mink

 

June 2005, Vol. 13, No. 2

• Waste disposal: a problem in all animal operations

• Improving mink welfare

• Role of prolactin in mink reproduction

• Amino acids in mink diets

• Yellow fat disease in pigs

• The origin of “mad cow disease”

• The early history of Aleutian disease

• MFRF research priorities

 

March 2005, Vol. 13, No. 1

• Heating-oil production from manure

• Tularemia in mink

• Genetic (inherited) diseases in mink

• Housing mink kits, singly or in pairs

• Poultry by-products preserved with formic acid as mink feed

• Botulism: Improved tests

• Fiber in mink diets

 

December 2004, Vol. 12, No. 4

• “Screw neck”

• Salt, in the mink diet

• Deafness in mink

• Peas as a mink feed ingredient

• Astrovirus in mink

• Feeding fur animals by use of a computerized feeding machine

• Mink management problems and their solution

• Susceptibility of pastel mink to distemper

• Pseudomonas pneumonia of mink

 

September 2004, Vol. 12, No. 3

• A new possible feed source – broilers

• Thin-skin disease

• A new test for mad cow disease

• Genetic tools

• Methionine for mink

• Adjusting date of birth for mink kits

• Avian tuberculosis in mink

 

June 2004, Vol. 12, No. 2

• Odor control in animal farm operations

• Abscesses

• Preservation of mink feeds by irradiation

• Composting mink wastes

• Fur chewing: Effects on reproduction

• Spray-dried blood as a source of protein for mink feed

• Storage of mink pelts by freezing

• Effects of melatonin and prolactin in mink

• Future canine distemper research

• Antioxidant effects on mink

 

March 2004, Vol. 12, No. 1

• Aleutian disease testing

• Distemper virus types and strains

• Soybean protein

• Diet salt content

• Change in vaccine availability

• Transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME)

• Avian tuberculosis in mink

 

December 2003, Vol. 11, No. 4

• Downer cows

• Aleutian disease – a diagnostic dilemma

• Feeding culled hens or hen silage

• Epizootic catarrhal gastroenteritis (ECG) in mink

• Susceptibility of dark mink to coronavirus

• Guidance on use of deer and elk in animal feed

• Temperament and behavioral reactions in mink

• Diet and reproduction

• Mycotoxins: a continuing problem

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July 2002, Vol. 10, No. 2

• Catalog of Nordic research on fur animals

• Carbohydrates for mink

• Feeding during lactation

• Detecting stress in animals

• Russian fur farming

• Antibiotics again

• Hydrocephalus in mink

• Flaked corn

• Too much of a good thing? Over-supply of nutrients

 

April 2002, Vol. 10, No. 1

• Tyrosinemia

• Meat and bone meal

• Comment on AD vaccines

• Raccoons carry viruses to mink

• Zinc in mink diets

• Moiu on antibiotics

• Flea infestation

• Feeding methods

• Mink breeding programs

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June 2001, Vol. 9, No. 2

• Mink Farmers’ Research Foundation Board annual meeting

• Selecting for feed efficiency

• Price of biotin may increase

• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

• Sparing methionine and choline

• Ammonium chloride supplementation to reduce urinary pH

• Aleutian disease: breeding for antibody response

• Water supply to lactating females

• Outbreaks of pseudomonas pneumonia in unvaccinated mink

• Mink Farmers’ Research Foundation: research priorities

 

March 2001, Vol. 9, No. 1

• Stapholococcal skin infection in kits

• Preventive actions against BSE

• Antibiotic usage

• Protein sources: eggs and cheese

• Nursing sickness

• Composting

• Folic acid

• Level of feeding and “sticky kits”

• Gelatin hydrolysate

 

December 2000, Vol. 8, No. 4

• Spongiform encephalopathies in the US

• Lecithin: a new diet additive?

• Body length and body weight relationships to pelt length

• Aleutian disease

• Effect of extrusion temperature on feed digestibility

• Nutrient excretion & manure management

• Effects of staggered caging on reproduction

• Nursing sickness

• Fermentation and heating improve cereal digestibility

• Restricted feeding and “sticky kits”

 

September 2000, Vol. 8, No. 3

• Sodium bisulfite as a preservative

• Metabolic antagonisms in mink

• Use of sulfa drugs

• The avidin / biotin relationship: good or bad?

• Avoiding bacterial contamination of feed

• Cutting back on phosphorus

• Distemper and its control

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June 2000, Vol. 8, No. 2

• Group housing for mink

• Salmonellosis of mink

• Use of sulfa drugs

• Effects of fattening milk on pelt length

• Embryonic mortality in mink

• Management systems in mink production

• Mink watering systems

• Protein quality & quantity in mink

• MFRF Board research priorities

 

March 2000, Vol. 8, No. 1

• Causes of mink enteritis

• Testing for BSE

• Environmentally-friendly rations

• More on the antibiotic issue

• Controlling mink manure odor with Yucca

• Corona virus research

• Control of aflatoxicosis in mink

• Selection of mink for behavior

• Group caging of mink

 

December 1999, Vol. 7, No. 4

• A review of effects of PCB’s on mink

• Interagency meeting with AVMA and USDA

• Feeding dogfish

• Welfare of mink

• “Pussy lung”

• Mink parvoviruses

 

September 1999, Vol. 7, No. 3

• Attack on E. coli

• Welfare of mink

• Nutrient management

• Distemper, again

• Mink caging / housing

• Pseudorabies and pork product feeding

• Management and mink welfare

• Energy supply for reproduction

• The origin of Aleutian blue mink

 

June 1999, Vol. 7, No. 2

• Distemper: a continuing problem

• Handbook of biological data

• Antibiotic restrictions

• Growth rate and mink kits

• Amino acid requirements

• Benzoic acid metabolism by mink

• Hormonal control of furring in mink

• Controlling E. coli infection

• Aleutian disease research

• MFRF Board research priorities

• Effects of melatonin implants on Aleutian disease

 

March 1999, Vol. 7, No. 1

• Distemper investigations: 1998

• Health of mink kits

• Formaldehyde approved for use in animal feeds

• Strains of Aleutian disease virus

• A new protein source, Bio Protein

• Carcass disposal methods

• Computerized breeding programs

• Spermatogenesis in mink at the breeding season

• Synchronized breeding: Is it for mink?

• Factors affecting profitability in mink

 

March 1998, Vol. 6, No. 1

• The G.R. Hartsough Scholarship at Michigan State

• Lactation: a critical period for mink

• Size is important this year

• How much is enough? (Diet and vitamins)

• Virus enteritis

• More on nursing sickness

• Feed-wire mesh sizes

• Availability of meat meal

• Phosphoric acid in mink nutrition

• “Pussy lung” in mink

• Use of different males in mating