Aleutian Disease (AD) surveillance on mink farms

Data restricted

This data is not and will not be made available. The data was reviewed and cannot be released to the public because of reasons outlined by the Digital and Data Directive.

Restriction: Commercial sensitivity - This data contains commercial sensitive individual farm specific data.

This dataset contains data the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs tracks as part of the voluntary AD surveillance program of farmed minks within Ontario.

AD is presently the most important infectious disease affecting farm-raised mink. Data is a summary of the 2015 annual testing results from the University of Guelph Animal Health Laboratory in relation Aleutian Disease and includes:

  • number of farms tested,
  • number of samples tested
  • number of positive samples
  • average percent of samples positive
  • average farm rate of infection
Ministry contact: Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness

Additional information

Tags
Geographic coverage
Ontario
Last Validated Date
December 18, 2020
Update frequency
Yearly

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