Proceedings of the Xth International Scientific Congress in Fur Animal Production

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Protein digestibility of some traditional and new feed ingredients for mink
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   Chapter 2 Effects of low-protein, DL-methionine and lysine-supplemented diets on growth performance of blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) during the growing-furring period
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   Chapter 3 Effects of dietary protein level on growth, health and physiological parameters in growing-furring mink
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   Chapter 4 Foetal life protein deprivation of mink dams affects the growth and metabolism of the F2-generation
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   Chapter 5 Effect of reduced protein in the growth and furring period in 2010 and 2011 in mink
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   Chapter 6 Validation of the 13C-bicarbonate tracer technique for estimation of CO2 production and energy expenditure in mink (Neovison vison)
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   Chapter 7 Body condition and reproduction success in farmed mink males (Neovison vison)
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   Chapter 8 Maternal preconceptional nutrition leads to variable fat deposition of adult offspring mice (C57BL/6JBom)
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    Chapter 9 Influence of nest box environment on kit survival
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    Chapter 10 The influence of succinic acid on the quality of fur-bearing animals skin
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    Chapter 11 Impact of metal amino acid complexes on arctic fox reproductive performance
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    Chapter 12 Yttrium oxide as an inert marker for nutrient digestibility in ferrets (Mustela putoris furo), mink (Neovison vison) and cats (Felis catus)
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    Chapter 13 High storage stability of amino acids in mink feed
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    Chapter 14 Mortality in pair- and group-housed mink after weaning
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    Chapter 15 Life cycle assessment of mink and fox pelts produced in Finland
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    Chapter 16 Comparative digestibility of nutrients and energy in ferrets (Mustela putorius furo), mink (Neovison vison) and cats (Felis catus)
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    Chapter 17 Evaluation of the choline status in mink fed different levels and sources of choline
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    Chapter 18 Evaluating DNA extraction kits for PCR detection of Aleutian mink disease virus
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    Chapter 19 In vivo MALDI-TOF markers for early detection of Aleutian disease (AD) among the AD virus infected mink
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    Chapter 20 Preliminary results of field and experimental investigations of pre-weaning diarrhea in mink
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    Chapter 21 Outbreaks of influenza A virus in farmed mink (Neovison vison) in Denmark: molecular characterization of the viruses
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    Chapter 22 Lessons learned from typing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from hemorrhagic pneumonia in mink using pulsed field gel electrophoresis
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    Chapter 23 Antimicrobials in mink - consumption and resistance patterns
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    Chapter 24 The influence of succinic acid in the formation of immunity against salmonellosis in foxes
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    Chapter 25 Cage housed marmot’s diseases
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    Chapter 26 Influenza on Dutch mink farms in 2011
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    Chapter 27 Consequences of outbreaks of influenza A virus in farmed mink (Neovison vison) in Denmark in 2009 and 2010
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    Chapter 28 Application of Ultrasonography for in vivo diagnosis of fatty liver disease in mink (Neovison vison)
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    Chapter 29 The ixodic tick borreliosis monitoring
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    Chapter 30 Field evaluation of CIEP and PCR detection/removal control methods of Aleutian mink disease (AD) in Canada
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    Chapter 31 Sequencing of the mink genome: plans and perspectives
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    Chapter 32 Identifying QTL for fur quality traits in mink (Neovison vison)
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    Chapter 33 Resolving the enigma of embryonic diapause, a forty-year scientific journey
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    Chapter 34 Application of sequence-characterized amplified regions for detection of self-biting in the blue fox
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    Chapter 35 Nucleotide sequence polymorphism of the growth hormone gene in American mink (Neovison vison)
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    Chapter 36 Evidence for genetic variation in bite marks in group housed mink
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    Chapter 37 The regulation role of behavior in coat color formation in mink (Neovison vison)
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    Chapter 38 Genetic parameters of eye infection in Finnish blue fox (Alopex lagopus)
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    Chapter 39 The size and constitution of the body of dark-brown mink under different breeding schemes
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    Chapter 40 Reproductive efficiency of scanbrown and mahogany mink females, selected for litter size
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    Chapter 41 Investigation of placental scars in mink females
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    Chapter 42 Comparative analysis of morphometrics of wild and farm foxes (Vulpes vulpes L.) – preliminary results
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    Chapter 43 Benefit of high number of active mammary nipples in mink
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    Chapter 44 Similarity of coat color aberrations in northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), mink (Neovison vison), and sable (Martes zibellina)
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    Chapter 45 Coat color mutations and the monoamine content in the brain of the farm-bred mink (Neovison vison)
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    Chapter 46 A single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter region of the mink tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene
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    Chapter 47 Detection of SNP markers and practical applications in mink (Neovison vison)
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    Chapter 48 Stress influencing production and welfare in farmed mink
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    Chapter 49 The effects of climbing cages on behaviour of female mink during the lactation period
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    Chapter 50 Impact of weaning age on kit performance
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    Chapter 51 High need for drinking water in young mink kits between 30 and 50 days of age
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    Chapter 52 Mink’s adaptation to group housing in practice
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    Chapter 53 The effect of handling and training on measures of the affective state of farmed mink (Neovison vison)
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    Chapter 54 Discrimination between the domesticated and the feral American mink in Poland based on the left track of a forelimb
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    Chapter 55 Welfare consequences of digging substrates in blue foxes
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    Chapter 56 Effect of slurry channels to collect urine and faeces in mink farming
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    Chapter 57 Black spots in subcutis of mink pelts are no bite marks
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    Chapter 58 Coat color mutations and defensive reaction towards man in farm-bred minks and sables
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    Chapter 59 Diversity of selected features of integumentary system in mink
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    Chapter 60 WelFur – mink: development of on-farm welfare assessment protocols for mink
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    Chapter 61 WelFur-mink: on-farm welfare assessment of mink (Neovision vision) - effect of sample size on animal based measures
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    Chapter 62 Abnormal behaviour in Swedish farm mink during winter
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    Chapter 63 WelFur - foxes: development of the on-farm welfare assessment scheme for foxes
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    Chapter 64 WelFur – foxes: the inter-observer reliability of the WelFur health measures, and the prevalence of health disorders on fox farms during the growth period
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    Chapter 65 WelFur – foxes: do feeding test, temperament test and a measure of stereotypic behaviour differentiate between farms?
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    Chapter 66 Electrophysiological indices in mink (Neovison vison) during CO and CO2 euthanasia
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    Chapter 67 Applying Welfare Quality® strategy to design a welfare assessment tool for foxes and mink farms
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    Chapter 68 WelFur – mink: inter-observer reliability of on-farm welfare assessment in the growth season
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    Chapter 69 Lessons learned from not fattening juvenile mink kept as future breeders
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    Chapter 70 Effect of dietary protein level during preparative mating period in female minks
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    Chapter 71 Effect of dietary protein level during gestation period in female minks
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    Chapter 72 Effect of dietary protein level during lactation period in female minks
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    Chapter 73 Effects of dietary protein levels and implanted melatonin on growth performance, serum biochemical parameters and nutrient digestibility of minks (Mustela vison)
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    Chapter 74 Effect of different diet protein levels on the digestibility and metabolism of nutritions and growth performance in young male mink
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    Chapter 75 Preliminary determination and analysis of 12 serum biochemical parameters in mink (Mustela vison)
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    Chapter 76 Detection of the Aleutian mink disease virus DNA and antiviral antibodies in experimentally infected mink 10 days post-inoculation
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    Chapter 77 Aleutian mink disease virus in furbearing mammals in Nova Scotia, Canada
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    Chapter 78 A real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the quantification of the Aleutian mink disease virus
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    Chapter 79 Status of Aleutian mink disease virus in Denmark
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    Chapter 80 The assembly of the mink blood transcriptoms generated by the next generation sequencing using the dog genome
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    Chapter 81 Simple year-round cage enrichments for mink
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    Chapter 82 Elevated resting bunks for nursing mink dams