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1 Groupe de Recherche et d’Etude pour la Gestion de l’Environnement, Route de Préchac, 33730 Villandraut, France
2 Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Stigbojlen 7, 1870 Frederiksberg, Denmark
3 Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, 23 chemin des Capelles, 31300 Toulouse, France
4 Université Claude Bernard de Lyon I, 43 boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
5 Réseau SAGIR, laboratoire centralisateur, Agence Française de Sécurité Santitaire des Aliments Nancy, BP9, 54220 Malzéville, France
6 Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Service départemental des Landes, 17 boulevard du Général De Gaulle, 40990 Saint-Paul-les-Dax, France
7 Conseil Général des Landes, Impasse Montrevel, 40000 Mont-de-Marsan, France
8 Réserve Naturelle de la Mazière; Société pour l’Etude, la Protection et l’Aménagement de la Nature dans le Lot-et-Garonne, 47400 Villeton, France
9 Association des Piégeurs Agréés de Charente, 121 rue de Basseau, 16000 Angoulème, France
11 Corresponding author (email: c.fournier-chambrillon{at}wanadoo.fr)
Owing to the rapid decline of the European mink (Mustela lutreola) in France, a national conservation action plan has been initiated, in which scientific research to improve understanding of the causes of the decline is one of the primary objectives. In order to investigate the possible role of Aleutian disease parvovirus (ADV) in decline of the species, a serologic survey was conducted from March 1996 to March 2002 in 420 free-ranging individuals of six species of small carnivores distributed in eight départements of southwestern France. Antibodies to ADV were detected in 17 of 75 American mink (Mustela vison), 12 of 99 European mink, 16 of 145 polecats (Mustela putorius), four of 17 stone martens (Martes foina), one of 16 pine martens (Martes martes), and three of 68 common genets (Genetta genetta). Seroprevalence was significantly higher in American mink than in other species. Seropositive individuals with gamma globulin levels >20% were observed in four European mink, four American mink, two stone martens, and one pine marten. Geographic distribution of positive animals indicates the virus has spread to all areas where European mink are found. Furthermore, a trend of increasing prevalence seems to appear in Mustela sp. sympatric with American mink. Although further investigations are necessary to evaluate the role of ADV in decline of European mink, evidence of the virus in the wild at the levels found in our study has implications for conservation of this species.
Key words: Aleutian mink disease parvovirus, Genetta genetta, Martes foina, Martes martes, Mustela lutreola, Mustela putorius, Mustela vison, serologic survey.
10 Current address: Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, 1 avenue Bourgelat, BP 83, 69280 Marcy-l’Etoile, France
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