From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-09-07 15:46:42 UTC
Subject: RE: a request for knowledgeable risk assessment info
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
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.