From:
daneedv@aol.com
Date: 2002-07-16 15:12:41 UTC
Subject: RE: wild mink and ADV (NE US)?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <33180407.1026832361967.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Author wrote:
> What is known now is that there are several strains of
> ADV that infects mink, the ADV-Utah is the one
> strain that infects mink, raccoons, skunks and river
> otters to varying degrees. ADV-G is the one that doesn't
> cause disease. In the link I sent it was a new isolate named
> ADV-TR ( interesting how fast this must mutate)
>
Actually, according to what Dr. Stevenson said in her talk at the Symposium in Las Vegas, ADV has a very stable structure compared to other parvo viruses, and, as a result does not mutate very rapidly.
What we may be seeing, as different strains are identified, is just that technology is finally allowing us to differenciate between the various strains that have been around for a while. Technology has advanced very rapidly in recent years, and today we are able to do many things that were not even considered 10 years ago.
Danee