See Also: aleutian mink disease(medicine)
aleutian mink disease virus(medicine)
disease, subclinical(medicine)
Disease, subclinical(health)
subclinical disease(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Aleutian(dictionary)
Aleutian Islands(encyclopedia)
Aleutian Islands(dictionary)
subclinical(medicine)

aleutian mink disease (medicine) and subclinical disease (medicine)


aleutian mink disease (medicine)


aleutian mink disease


A slow progressive disease of mink caused by the aleutian mink disease virus. It is characterised by poor reproduction, Weight Loss, autoimmunity, hypergammaglobulinaemia, increased susceptibility to bacterial infections, and death from renal failure. The disease occurs in all colour types, but mink which are homozygous recessive for the aleutian gene for light coat colour are particularly susceptible.


subclinical disease (medicine)


subclinical disease


An illness that stays below the surface of clinical detection. A subclinical disease has no recognizable clinical findings. As distinct from a clinical disease which has clinical signs and symptoms that can be recognised. Many diseases are subclinical before surfacing as clinical diseases. For examples: diabetes, hypothyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis.