Genetic characterization of canine distemper virus involved in outbreaks in farmed mink in Denmark 2012

Ramona Trebbien, T. Struve, Charlotte Kristiane Hjulsager, Mariann Chriél, Lars Erik Larsen

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    Danish farmed mink herds experienced a large outbreak of canine distemper virus in 2012. Full-length sequence analysis (1824 nucleotides) of the variable hemagglutinin (H) gene were performed on 27 viruses collected from mink and on 7 viruses collected from wild foxes. Results of the study showed that the farmed mink and wild fox population were infected by identical viruses which strongly indicate an epidemiological link between these populations. Accordingly, diseased and dead foxes were observed in some of the mink herds in connection to the outbreak. The Danish virus strain clustered phylogenetically with other European canine distemper viruses and showed the highest level of similarity (99.3 - 99.6 %) to viruses isolated from wild foxes in Germany. The fox should therefore be considered as an important wild life reservoir of canine distemper virus and may also contribute to the transmission of the virus between mink farms during outbreaks.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication date2013
    Number of pages1
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    EventNJF Seminar 464 : Autumn Meeting in Fur Animal Research 2013 - Reykjavik, Iceland
    Duration: 28 Aug 201330 Aug 2013

    Seminar

    SeminarNJF Seminar 464 : Autumn Meeting in Fur Animal Research 2013
    Country/TerritoryIceland
    CityReykjavik
    Period28/08/201330/08/2013

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