Proceedings of the Xth International Scientific Congress in fur animal production: Scientifur volume 36 (3/4)

Front Matter....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Protein digestibility of some traditional and new feed ingredients for mink....Pages 19-24
Effects of low-protein, DL -methionine and lysine-supplemented diets on growth performance of blue foxes ( Alopex lagopus) during the growing-furring period....Pages 25-31
Effects of dietary protein level on growth, health and physiological parameters in growing-furring mink....Pages 32-39
Foetal life protein deprivation of mink dams affects the growth and metabolism of the F 2 -generation....Pages 40-46
Effect of reduced protein in the growth and furring period in 2010 and 2011 in mink....Pages 47-53
Validation of the 13 C-bicarbonate tracer technique for estimation of CO 2 production and energy expenditure in mink ( Neovison vison )....Pages 54-62
Body condition and reproduction success in farmed mink males (Neovison vison) ....Pages 63-68
Maternal preconceptional nutrition leads to variable fat deposition of adult offspring mice (C57BL/6JBom)....Pages 69-77
Influence of nest box environment on kit survival....Pages 78-83
The influence of succinic acid on the quality of fur-bearing animals skin....Pages 84-86
Impact of metal amino acid complexes on arctic fox reproductive performance....Pages 87-90
Yttrium oxide as an inert marker for nutrient digestibility in ferrets ( Mustela putoris furo ), mink ( Neovison vison ) and cats ( Felis catus )....Pages 91-96
High storage stability of amino acids in mink feed....Pages 97-102
Mortality in pair- and group-housed mink after weaning....Pages 103-105
Life cycle assessment of mink and fox pelts produced in Finland....Pages 106-111
Comparative digestibility of nutrients and energy in ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) , mink (Neovison vison) and cats (Felis catus) ....Pages 112-120
Evaluation of the choline status in mink fed different levels and sources of choline....Pages 121-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Evaluating DNA extraction kits for PCR detection of Aleutian mink disease virus....Pages 131-133
 In vivo MALDI-TOF markers for early detection of Aleutian disease (AD) among the AD virus infected mink....Pages 134-145
Preliminary results of field and experimental investigations of pre-weaning diarrhea in mink....Pages 146-152
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Outbreaks of influenza A virus in farmed mink ( Neovison vison ) in Denmark: molecular characterization of the viruses....Pages 153-156
Lessons learned from typing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from hemorrhagic pneumonia in mink using pulsed field gel electrophoresis....Pages 157-164
Antimicrobials in mink - consumption and resistance patterns....Pages 165-171
The influence of succinic acid in the formation of immunity against salmonellosis in foxes....Pages 172-176
Cage housed marmot’s diseases....Pages 177-179
Influenza on Dutch mink farms in 2011....Pages 180-185
Consequences of outbreaks of influenza A virus in farmed mink ( Neovison vison ) in Denmark in 2009 and 2010....Pages 186-189
Application of Ultrasonography for in vivo diagnosis of fatty liver disease in mink ( Neovison vison )....Pages 190-193
The ixodic tick borreliosis monitoring....Pages 194-195
Field evaluation of CIEP and PCR detection/removal control methods of Aleutian mink disease (AD) in Canada....Pages 196-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Sequencing of the mink genome: plans and perspectives....Pages 209-215
Identifying QTL for fur quality traits in mink ( Neovison vison )....Pages 216-222
Resolving the enigma of embryonic diapause, a forty-year scientific journey....Pages 223-228
Application of sequence-characterized amplified regions for detection of self-biting in the blue fox....Pages 229-235
Nucleotide sequence polymorphism of the growth hormone gene in American mink ( Neovison vison )....Pages 236-239
Evidence for genetic variation in bite marks in group housed mink....Pages 240-245
The regulation role of behavior in coat color formation in mink ( Neovison vison )....Pages 246-252
Genetic parameters of eye infection in Finnish blue fox ( Alopex lagopus )....Pages 253-260
The size and constitution of the body of dark-brown mink under different breeding schemes....Pages 261-266
Reproductive efficiency of scanbrown and mahogany mink females, selected for litter size....Pages 267-269
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Investigation of placental scars in mink females....Pages 270-274
Comparative analysis of morphometrics of wild and farm foxes ( Vulpes vulpes L.) – preliminary results....Pages 275-279
Benefit of high number of active mammary nipples in mink....Pages 280-285
Similarity of coat color aberrations in northern fur seal ( Callorhinus ursinus ), mink ( Neovison vison ), and sable ( Martes zibellina )....Pages 286-293
Coat color mutations and the monoamine content in the brain of the farm-bred mink ( Neovison vison )....Pages 294-299
A single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter region of the mink tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene....Pages 300-304
Detection of SNP markers and practical applications in mink ( Neovison vison )....Pages 305-311
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
Stress influencing production and welfare in farmed mink....Pages 315-327
The effects of climbing cages on behaviour of female mink during the lactation period....Pages 328-335
Impact of weaning age on kit performance....Pages 336-340
High need for drinking water in young mink kits between 30 and 50 days of age....Pages 341-349
Mink’s adaptation to group housing in practice....Pages 350-359
The effect of handling and training on measures of the affective state of farmed mink ( Neovison vison )....Pages 360-367
Discrimination between the domesticated and the feral American mink in Poland based on the left track of a forelimb....Pages 368-375
Welfare consequences of digging substrates in blue foxes....Pages 376-380
Effect of slurry channels to collect urine and faeces in mink farming....Pages 381-385
Black spots in subcutis of mink pelts are no bite marks....Pages 386-395
Coat color mutations and defensive reaction towards man in farm-bred minks and sables....Pages 396-403
Diversity of selected features of integumentary system in mink....Pages 404-408
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
WelFur – mink: development of on-farm welfare assessment protocols for mink....Pages 411-419
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
WelFur-mink: on-farm welfare assessment of mink ( Neovision vision ) - effect of sample size on animal based measures....Pages 420-425
Abnormal behaviour in Swedish farm mink during winter....Pages 426-432
WelFur - foxes: development of the on-farm welfare assessment scheme for foxes....Pages 433-440
WelFur – foxes: the inter-observer reliability of the WelFur health measures, and the prevalence of health disorders on fox farms during the growth period....Pages 441-447
WelFur – foxes: do feeding test, temperament test and a measure of stereotypic behaviour differentiate between farms?....Pages 448-454
Electrophysiological indices in mink ( Neovison vison ) during CO and CO 2 euthanasia....Pages 455-459
Applying Welfare Quality ® strategy to design a welfare assessment tool for foxes and mink farms....Pages 460-468
WelFur – mink: inter-observer reliability of on-farm welfare assessment in the growth season....Pages 469-476
Front Matter....Pages 477-477
Lessons learned from not fattening juvenile mink kept as future breeders....Pages 479-479
Effect of dietary protein level during preparative mating period in female minks....Pages 480-480
Effect of dietary protein level during gestation period in female minks....Pages 481-481
Effect of dietary protein level during lactation period in female minks....Pages 482-482
Effects of dietary protein levels and implanted melatonin on growth performance, serum biochemical parameters and nutrient digestibility of minks ( Mustela vison )....Pages 483-483
Effect of different diet protein levels on the digestibility and metabolism of nutritions and growth performance in young male mink....Pages 484-484
Preliminary determination and analysis of 12 serum biochemical parameters in mink ( Mustela vison )....Pages 485-485
Detection of the Aleutian mink disease virus DNA and antiviral antibodies in experimentally infected mink 10 days post-inoculation....Pages 486-486
Aleutian mink disease virus in furbearing mammals in Nova Scotia, Canada....Pages 487-487
A real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the quantification of the Aleutian mink disease virus....Pages 488-488
Status of Aleutian mink disease virus in Denmark....Pages 489-489
The assembly of the mink blood transcriptoms generated by the next generation sequencing using the dog genome....Pages 490-490
Front Matter....Pages 477-477
Simple year-round cage enrichments for mink....Pages 491-491
Elevated resting bunks for nursing mink dams....Pages 492-492
Back Matter....Pages 494-496