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mink
a small mammal of the family Mustelidae; an aquatic carnivore much prized for its fur. Called also Mustela lutreola, M. vison.
Aleutian mink disease
see aleutian mink disease.
mink encephalopathy
a prion spongiform encephalopathy; there is similarity between this disease and scrapie produced experimentally in mink. There is a very long incubation period, hyperirritability, biting, paralysis, coma and death. Called also transmissible encephalopathy of mink, TEM.
mink enteritis
a condition caused by the mink enteritis virus, which is closely related to feline panleukopenia virus, and characterized by mucoid, sometimes blood-stained, diarrhea that may contain casts.
ranch mink
mink cultivated artificially on a mink farm or 'ranch'.
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Phenotypic similarity of transmissible mink encephalopathy in cattle and L-type bovine spongiform encephalopathy in a mouse model.
Transmission of atypical bovine prions to mice transgenic for human ... by Beringue, Vincent; Herzog, Laetitia; Reine, Fabienne; Le Dur, Annick; Casalone, Cristina; Vilotte, J / Emerging Infectious Diseases
It is also appreciated that many animals are capable of acquiring TSEs, including cats (feline spongiform encephalopathy, or FSE), mink (transmissible mink encephalopathy, or TME), and a number of exotic zoo animals as well.
Prion biology in transfusion medicine: implications for lab testing by Ortolano, Girolamo A.; Sowemimo-Coker, Samuel O.; Schaffer, Jeffrey; Cervia, Joseph S. / Medical Laboratory Observer
Animal diseases comprise bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, "mad cow disease"), scrapie of sheep and goats, transmissible mink encephalopathy, feline spongiform encephalopathy, and chronic wasting disease of North American mule deer and elk.
The Changing Concepts of Amyloid by Picken, Maria M. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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