Toxoplasmosis in a free-ranging mink. Academic Article

abstract

• A free-ranging mink (Mustela vison), estimated to be 3 mo old, was found on the campus of Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; it exhibited clinical signs of left hind limb lameness, ataxia, head tremors, and bilateral blindness. Histologically, the animal had a mild, nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis and severe chorioretinitis with intralesional bradyzoites and tachyzoites. Protozoal organisms were identified as Toxoplasma gondii based on histology, immunohistochemistry, and polymerase chain reaction. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of clinical toxoplasmosis in a free-ranging mink.

authors

• Jones-Hall, Yava

published proceedings

• J Wildl Dis

author list (cited authors)

• Jones, Y. L., Fitzgerald, S. D., Sikarske, J. G., Murphy, A., Grosjean, N., & Kiupel, M.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• Jones, Yava L||Fitzgerald, Scott D||Sikarske, James G||Murphy, Alice||Grosjean, Nicole||Kiupel, Matti

publication date

• October 2006

publisher

• Wildlife Disease Association  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Wildlife Diseases  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Animals, Wild
• Fatal Outcome
• Michigan
• Mink
• Toxoplasma
• Toxoplasmosis, Animal

PubMed Central ID

• 17255457

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.7589/0090-3558-42.4.865

start page

• 865

end page

• 869

volume

• 42

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-42.4.865