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sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-06-19 21:23:08 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] H. pylori in ferrets? Possibly OT
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5613561.1119216188636.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Author wrote:
> You're remembering wrong. It's canine distemper that's the problem, though I seem to recall reading something new somewhere that ferrets may also have some susceptibility to feline distemper. But don't quote me on the feline distemper comment.
> mike
If you run into where you heard something about feline disptemper, Mike, I would love to read that.
Canine Distemper actually infects quite a wide range of animals, not just dog branch members of Carnivora and their descendants. It also infects multiple Big Cats, seals, etc. Purevax canine distemper vaccine was also developed for use in zoo animals, conservation emergencies, and reintroduction projects where the animals could not be protected by the other vaccines.
Viverrids like the mongoose are descended from the cats branch and have parallel evolution to the mustelids because of filling similar niches in different continents of origin.
For the mustelids (currently including ferrets, martins, fishers, weasels, etc.) the line goes like this: Vulpavines in the Paleocene with a radiation in the Oligocene. The mustelids and the procyonids (currently including raccoons, coatis, kinkjous, etc.) appear to share the same root which branched off at that time but then they quickly became quite different from each other.