Table 1 Summary of testing of wild furbearers for Aleutian mink disease virus by CIEP and PCR in Nova Scotia, Canada (2009–2011) ^a,b

Bob cat

1/5 (20.0)

0/1 (0.0)

0/1 (0.0)

0/4 (0.0)

1/9 (11.1)

2/20 (10.0)

−4.4% - 24.4%

Coyote

11

2

8

3

0/24

Fisher

3

3

0/6

Fox

3

13

3

1

3

2

0/25

Mink

4/4^c

7/7

13/14

9/11

18/19

2/2 ^d

1/1

2/2

56/60 (93.3)

(100)

(100)

(92.8)

(81/8)

(94.7)

(100)

(100)

(100)

86.8% - 99.9%

Otter

0/1 (0.0)

2/7 (28.6)

0/3 (0.0)

2/11 (18.2)

−9.0%- 45.4%

Raccoon

0/4

2/26

0/7

1/17

6/10

0/16

0/4

0/1

9/85 (10.6)

(0.0)

(7.7)

(0.0)

(5.9)

(60.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

3.9%-17.3%

Skunk

2/6 ^e (33.3)

0/2 (0.0)

2/8 (25.0)

−13.7% - 63.7%

Weasel

4/4 (100)

4/5 (80.0)

15/21 (71.4)

7/11 (63.6)

2/2 (100)

6/11 (54.6)

5/7 (71.4)

43/61 (70.5)

58.7%-82.3%

Sub-total

8/8

11/22

33/99

0/8

7/33

17/28

26/68

2/6

7/26

2/2

114/300 (38.0)

(100)

(50.0)

(33.3)

(0.0)

(21.2)

(60.7)

(38.2)

(33.3)

(26.9)

(100)

Beaver

1

10

13

2

11

7

7

6

1

0/58

Muskrat

3

10

10

10

10

10

6

0/59

Squirrel

25

10

6

4

0/45

Sub-total

1

13

48

2

31

17

23

20

7

0

0/162

Total

9

35

147

10

64

45

91

26

33

2

462