Message Number: SG346 | New FHL Archives Search
From: daneedv@aol.com
Date: 2002-07-17 13:41:48 UTC
Subject: RE: wild mink and ADV (NE US)?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <18616921.1026913308633.JavaMail.root@scandium>

Author wrote:
> The one case I read the ferrets were ill at the time, presented
> with hind end paresis, or something like that, I don't know
> how they can call it spontaneous without knowing for
> sure the ferrets weren't infected since birth- or contact
> with other ferrets,etc.
>

I am not certain, but I think when used in this fashion, spontaneous means naturally occurring, and not artificially induced by injecting antigen into the animal. Perhaps Dr. Williams or one of the other veterinary professionals on the list can clarify this.
Danee