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From: sukieferret
Date: 2002-02-12 00:46:00 UTC
Subject: Re: ADV [Ferret-Health-list] Digest Number 603

> The only thing I know of is Dr. Susan Brown wrote in Dr.
Purcell's book
> that she had tested over 500 ferrets in one shelter and found
13%
> positives and only two of those animals developed clinical
signs of ADV
> over 3 years.

But wasn't that a very old study? I seem to recall that there were
also some questions about a testing method used then, too, but
i couldbe completely wrong on that score so don't hold me to it.
In adddition, aren't there thought to possibly be multiple strains
so some maybe less likely to express and others more so --
again, I don't know but it's an impression I have had.

Anyway, with or without cautions in generalizing from those
numbers: those figures boil down to 500 tested, 65 positive, 2
with symptoms in her sample during three years.