Message Number: SG14547 | New FHL Archives Search
From: mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2005-06-28 11:19:04 UTC
Subject: RE: Shared viruses between ferts, humans and other domestics???
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7433636.1119957544998.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

Author wrote:
> I was just wondering if anyone out there has an opinion on this, (known facts would be great).

Ferrets are definitely susceptible to the Influenza virus and in fact, ferrets have been (still are?) used in research of Influenza because Influenza infections in ferrets closely resembles infection in humans.

Is that what you all have? That, I don't know.

mike