Message Number: SG15320 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:46:42 +0100 (BST)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: RE: a request for knowledgeable risk assessment info
Message-ID: <7746110.1126108002906.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Since shelters always have to prepared, any way, for the possibility that an animal taken in might carry some sort of disease, perhaps this would be a good opportunity for shelters and others with knowledge to review the safety precautions they take and discuss them here to pick up new tips.
Some things could include:
how fast you get vet assessments
how rapidly you vaccinate
how long you quarantine
how you handle parasite checks and treating
how you handle heartworm testing if in a heartworm area or getting ferrets from a heartworm area
how you handle things like clothing changes, show changes, and personal hygiene between the isolation area and the established ferrets area
how you clean
etc.
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