id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-336045-8qcj5uiy Langlois, Isabelle Viral diseases of ferrets 2005-03-01 .txt text/plain 7196 424 41 A tentative diagnosis of canine distemper is based on the presence of typical clinical signs, severe leukopenia, a history of potential exposure to the virus, and questionable vaccination. The severity of disease depends on the origin (mink or ferret) of the ADV strain that is involved as well as the immune status and genotype of the infected individual [25] . Ferrets are used extensively as an animal model for influenza virus pathogenesis and immunity studies because their biologic response to influenza infection is similar to that of humans [53, 54] . Neurologic symptoms, including ataxia, hind-limb paresis, and torticollis, were reported in ferrets that were infected experimentally with avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses that were isolated from the 1997 outbreaks of disease in domestic poultry markets in Hong Kong [50, 65] . Detection of Aleutian disease virus DNA in tissues of naturally infected mink ./cache/cord-336045-8qcj5uiy.txt ./txt/cord-336045-8qcj5uiy.txt