Some clinical and hematological features of XXXX of mink.

@entity778 @entity294 @entity391 @entity448 @entity281 @entity1431 @entity37272
Twenty-six, ten-week-old mink were infected by force feeding by pipette 2 ml of a tissue suspension containing a Wisconsin strain of @entity778 . Four days later, @entity294 and partial or complete loss of appetite developed simultaneously in all of the animals. @entity391 were also observed. By the sixth day after inoculation, all of the mink were anorectic and weak. @entity448 persisted for 48 to 96 hours. @entity294 and @entity391 continued until the eighth to ninth day after exposure. For the first two days after the appearance of @entity294 , the feces contained large quantities of mucus and intestinal casts were seen frequently in the droppings. Thereafter, the feces consisted mostly of yellowish green, watery fluid and contained no casts. Some of the animals died on the eighth day after @entity281 . Those which survived were severely dehydrated and debilitated, but resumed eating and achieved complete clinical recovery within the next five to six days. @entity1431 , i.e., total leukocyte count of less than 5,000 cells per mm(3) of blood, was found in seven of nine mink examined during the height of the disease. Leukopenic animals were @entity37272 and neutrophils.
