“…The nematode Dioctophyma renale (Goeze, 1782) infects the kidneys of wild mink (Mustela vison) in many areas (Woodhead and McNeil, 1939;Sealander, 1943a;Hallberg, 1953;Schacher and Faust, 1956;Miller and Harkema, 1964;Crichton and Urban, 1970;Fyvie, 1971;Mace and Anderson, 1975;Jorde, 1980). However, the only record in Minnesota was a 6.9% prevalence in fur farm mink (Erickson, 1946).…”