Disease relevance of Mink

• Two generations of "Ranch Wild" mink (Mustela vison) were fed the organophosphate diisopropyl methylphosphonate (DIMP) at 0, 150, 450, or 1250ppm, to determine potential toxicity to the dams [1].
• The most important farmed fur animal species in Finland are the American mink (Mustela vison), blue fox (Alopex lagopus), silver fox (Vulpes vulpes) and raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides); all are susceptible to canine distemper [2].
• Two avian H10 influenza A virus strains with different pathogenicity for mink (Mustela vison) [3].
• Histamine and secondary autoimmune infertility in dark mink (Mustela vison) [4].
• Liver fatty acid composition and peroxisomal fatty acid oxidase activity in blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) and mink (Mustela vison) fed diets containing different levels of fish oil [5].

High impact information on Mink

• Long-term exposure of hypothalamic explants to melatonin alters the release of gonadotrophin releasing hormone and the density of melatonin binding sites in the pars tuberalis of the male mink (Mustela vison) [6].
• Effects of melatonin treatment on the gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuronal system and on gonadotropin secretion in male mink, Mustela vison, in the presence or absence of testosterone feedback [7].
• A study of tobacco carcinogenesis XLVIII. Carcinogenicity of N'-nitrosonornicotine in mink (Mustela vison) [8].
• Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor isoforms and receptors Flt-1 and KDR during the peri-implantation period in the mink, Mustela vison [9].
• Relationship of the hormone-sensitive lipase-mediated modulation of cholesterol metabolism in individual compartments of the testis to serum pituitary hormone and testosterone concentrations in a seasonal breeder, the mink (Mustela vison) [10].

Biological context of Mink

• Relation between daylight ratio, plasma progesterone levels and timing of nidation in mink (Mustela vison) [11].
• Role of prolactin in the photoperiodic control of moulting in the mink (Mustela vison) [12].
• Seasonal variations in mink (Mustela vison) plasma prolactin measured by heterologous radioimmunoassay [13].
• This report characterizes squamous cell proliferation in young farm mink (Mustela vison) fed a diet supplemented with 0.024 ppm 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (polychlorinated biphenyl [PCB] congener 126) [14].
• Histology of ovaries and uteri and levels of plasma progesterone, oestradiol-17beta and oestrone sulphate during the implantation period in mated and gonadotrophin-releasing hormone-treated mink (Mustela vison) exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls [15].

Anatomical context of Mink

• Using standardized methods for protein extraction and analysis, the testes of rams, bulls, goats, boars, stallions, rats, cats, hedgehogs, European mink and ferrets were examined for basic spermatid nucleoproteins by electrophoresis [16].
• Two hundred thirty-seven independent somatic cell hybrids have been obtained between opossum (Monodelphis domestica) splenocytes, bone marrow cells, or primary fibroblasts, and HPRT-deficient or TK-deficient Chinese hamster, mouse, American mink, or common vole fibroblast lines [17].
• Sarcocystis spp sporocysts were found in feces of 10.1% of 198 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), in 3.2% of 61 bobcats (Lynx rufus), in 16.6% of 12 mountain lions (Felis concolor), in 16.6% of 6 fisher (Martes pennanti), and in none of 20 wolverines (Gulo gulo), 4 mink (Mustela vison), or 10 raccoons (Procyon lotor) [18].
• Expression of the insulin-like growth factor II gene in polychlorinated biphenyl exposed female mink (Mustela vison) and their fetuses [19].
• The role of prolactin and LH in luteal function and blastocyst growth in mink (Mustela vison) [20].

Associations of Mink with chemical compounds

• Melatonin reduces mortality from Aleutian disease in mink (Mustela vison) [21].
• High plasma cholesterol in mink (Mustela vison) without atherosclerosis [22].
• 2,2',4,5,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl: comparative metabolism in mink (Mustela vison) and mouse [23].
• Effects of protein supply on plasma urea and creatinine concentrations in female mink (Mustela vison) [24].
• Methylmercury impairs components of the cholinergic system in captive mink (Mustela vison) [25].

Gene context of Mink

• Estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor-immunoreactive cells are not co-localized with gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the brain of the female mink (Mustela vison) [26].
• Here we describe the cloning and characterization of the mink (Mustela vison) ortholog of Smad4 [27].
• Dynamics of connexin 43 levels and distribution in the mink (Mustela vison) anterior pituitary are associated with seasonal changes in anterior pituitary prolactin content [28].
• Characterization of a new hybrid mink-mouse clone panel: chromosomal and regional assignments of the GLO, ACY, NP, CKBB, ADH2, and ME1 loci in mink (Mustela vison) [29].
• This study examined the effect of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron) carp on the hepatic cytochrome P-450 activity in mink (Mustela vison) [30].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Mink

• Immobilization of mink (Mustela vison) with medetomidine-ketamine and remobilization with atipamezole [31].

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