Muscular and myocardial degeneration in rapidly growing male mink kits
Nordstoga, K.
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 24(3): 321-324
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-605X PMID: 6660168 Document Number: 206787
Muscular degeneration (without yellow fat pigmentation) has been identified in young mink in Norway since 1969. It was accompanied by haemorrhages due to a vascular disorder, not a coagulation disorder. Cardiac lesions were similar to those of mulberry heart disease of swine. Tissues contained normal amounts of selenium, but the vitamin E content was low sometimes. Since the diet contained adequate amounts of selenium and vitamin E, it seemed that poor intestinal absorption of vitamin E (a feature which distinguishes mink from other mammals) was responsible for this form of vitamin E deficiency.