From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2002-02-12 11:19:00 UTC
Subject: Re: ADV [Ferret-Health-list] Digest Number 603
sukieferret wrote:
>
> > 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.
Yes, the data is old and yes, the testing method may be faulty, but
neither alters the number that actually became clinical. I have no clue
as to how many strains there are now. We have known for a long time
about at least two strains, a mink one and a ferret one. I have no idea
if there is now a more contagous version.
> 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.
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