| the role of polecats of the genus putorius cuvier, 1817 in natural foci of adiaspiromycosis. | adiaspiromycosis provoked by the fungus emmonsia crescens was diagnosed in two different species of polecats. in total, 76.2% of steppe polecats (putorius eversmanni) and 35.6% of dark polecats (p. putorius) were infected. the infection was not demonstrated at all in ferrets (p. furo) reared as fur animals. the differences found in the extent and intensity of infection in the two species of wild polecats are explained by different ecological requirements of these related carnivores. the habitat ... | 1975 | 1238314 |