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Research Progress on Biological Characteristics of Mink Calicivirus

ZHUANG Jin-qiu, MEI Jian-guo, SHEN Zhi-qiang   

  1. (Shandong Binzhou Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine Academy, Binzhou 256600, China)
  • Received:2013-10-16 Online:2014-03-20 Published:2014-05-15

Abstract: Mink calicivirus is the member of caliciviridae. It can cause the mink hemorrhagic pneumonia and gastroenteritis. The disease even brook out in mink farming in Hebei and Shandong province. It has higher lethality. The virus had been isolated and identified from hemorrhagic pneumonia of mink by many scholars.This article presents a comprehensive review on progress in taxonomic position and biological characteristics, pathogenesis, disease prevention and control of it.

Key words: mink; calicivirus;biological characteristics;research progress