From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-04-23 18:57:14 UTC
Subject: reducing infection risk from you to your ferret
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1098222.1082746634653.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
The question keeps coming up how to reducing spreading bacteria or viruses from yourself to your ferrets.
The single best answer is hand washing, not just a quick and dirty wash, but a wash with warm to hot running water and soap with plenty of friction for hand rubbing for 10 to 15 seconds.
This procedure removes more than 90% of viruses and bacteria according to the American Society of Microbiology which offers this site to help those who want to help reduce the transmission of disease:
http://www.washup.org/