From:
sukiec@optonline.com
Date: 2003-01-06 20:39:18 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Ferrets from European bloodlines less prone totumors?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <30915675.1041885558642.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Author wrote:
> Has anyone thought that just maybe you don't have the virus over there
> that causes the tumors. You export a lot of ferrets to the US, which is
> safe for you. But you don't import ferrets from here which would be a
> great path for the virus.
I've wondered about that myself in relation to adrenal neoplasia. Of course, it's all hypothetical still, but I sure have wondered about it.
On a viral score I am curious how much IBD is seen in Britain and other areas without ECE. There are, of course, multiple routes through which a ferret can be set up for this medical problem, but one of them is ECE, and we have been warned that the constant inflammation from bad IBD is one of multiple possible routes to lympho. I am therefore curious about the rates of IBD in areas without ECE (even silent or almost silent cases as can happen in some kits), and hoping for less of it once research allows for something like an ECE vaccine down the road from now.