Without antibiotics, an affected animal will die within three to 11 months.

Affected animals may also stop eating and have a dull aspect.

Ataxia was observed to last for about 8 weeks in the affected animals.

So far, the only affected animals are a few hundred mink in Wisconsin.

The latest case brought to 73 the number of affected animals found in 2000, compared with 31 in 1999.

Affected animals continue to eat grain but may show decreased interest in hay.

He'd paid off the inspectors and rendered the affected animals into fertilizer.

All the affected animals descend from a single individual.

Affected animals should not be bred due to the hereditary nature of this condition.

Rapid internal spread is observed and the affected animals have all been euthanized.