Experimental Infection of Mink with SARS-COV-2 Omicron Variant and Subsequent Clinical Disease

Autor: Jenni Virtanen, Kirsi Aaltonen, Kristel Kegler, Vinaya Venkat, Thanakorn Niamsap, Lauri Kareinen, Rasmus Malmgren, Olga Kivelä, Nina Atanasova, Pamela Österlund, Teemu Smura, Antti Sukura, Tomas Strandin, Lara Dutra, Olli Vapalahti, Heli Nordgren, Ravi Kant, Tarja Sironen

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 28, Iss 6, Pp 1286-1288 (2022)

We report an experimental infection of American mink with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and show that mink remain positive for viral RNA for days, experience clinical signs and histopathologic changes, and transmit the virus to uninfected recipients. Pr

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Intact Tails as a Welfare Indicator in Finishing Pigs? Scoring of Tail Lesions and Defining Intact Tails in Undocked Pigs at the Abattoir

Autor: Anna Valros, Elina Välimäki, Heli Nordgren, Johannes Vugts, Emma Fàbrega, Mari Heinonen

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 7 (2020)

Tail biting lesions are a potential measure of on-farm animal welfare, as a large range of stressors increase the risk for tail biting outbreaks. Further, tail biting is a major challenge, as lesions due to tail biting decrease animal welfare and hea

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Questionnaire survey of detrimental fur animal epidemic necrotic pyoderma in Finland

Autor: Heli Nordgren, Katariina Vapalahti, Olli Vapalahti, Antti Sukura, Anna-Maija Virtala

Publikováno v: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, Vol 59, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)

Abstract Background In 2007, a previously unrecorded disease, fur animal epidemic necrotic pyoderma (FENP), was detected in farmed mink (Neovision vision), foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and Finnraccoons (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Finland. Symptoms includ

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Characterization of a new epidemic necrotic pyoderma in fur animals and its association with Arcanobacterium phocae infection.

Autor: Heli Nordgren, Kirsi Aaltonen, Tarja Sironen, Paula M Kinnunen, Ilkka Kivistö, Mirja Raunio-Saarnisto, Anna-Maria Moisander-Jylhä, Johanna Korpela, Ulla-Maija Kokkonen, Udo Hetzel, Antti Sukura, Olli Vapalahti

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 10, p e110210 (2014)

A new type of pyoderma was detected in Finnish fur animals in 2007. The disease continues to spread within and between farms, with severe and potentially fatal symptoms. It compromises animal welfare and causes considerable economic losses to farmers

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Gammaherpesvirus Infections in Cattle in Europe

Autor: Ernst Groβmann, Michael Suntz, Mohammed Al-Saadi, Kernt Köhler, Andres Ruiz Subira, Koen Chiers, James P. Stewart, Eleni Michalopoulou, Martina Dettwiler, Heli Nordgren, Anja Kipar, Giuliana Rosato, Ranieri Verin

Publikováno v: Viruses, Vol 13, Iss 2337, p 2337 (2021)
Rosato, Giuliana; Ruiz Subira, Andres; Al-Saadi, Mohammed; Michalopoulou, Eleni; Verin, Ranieri; Dettwiler, Martina; Nordgren, Heli; Chiers, Koen; Groβmann, Ernst; Köhler, Kernt; Suntz, Michael; Stewart, James P; Kipar, Anja (2021). Gammaherpesvirus Infections in Cattle in Europe. Viruses, 13(12) Molecular Diversity Preservation International MDPI 10.3390/v13122337
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Viruses; Volume 13; Issue 12; Pages: 2337

The genus Macavirus, subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae, comprises ungulate viruses that infect domestic and wild ruminants and swine. They cause asymptomatic latent infections in reservoir hosts and malignant catarrhal fever in susceptible species. Lung,

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