Message Number: FHL12166 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Sukie Crandall
Date: 2010-09-04 05:54:45 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] abstract
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>

> J Vet Diagn Invest. 2010 Sep;22(5):784-8.
> Natural cases of 2009 pandemic H1N1 Influenza A virus in pet ferrets.
> Swenson SL, Koster LG, Jenkins-Moore M, Killian ML, Debess EE, Baker
> RJ, Mulrooney D, Weiss R, Galeota J, Bredthauer A.
> National Veterinary Services Laboratories, PO Box 844, 1920 Dayton
> Avenue, Ames, IA 50010.
> Respiratory swab samples were collected from 5 pet ferrets (Mustela
> putorius furo) exhibiting influenza-like illness. The ferrets
> represented 3 households in 2 states. In each case, the owners
> reported influenza-like illness in themselves or family members
> prior to the onset of a similar illness in the ferrets. Real-time
> reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assays designed for
> the detection of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza A virus were conducted in
> the state animal health laboratories. The assays included detection
> of the matrix gene of Influenza A virus and neuraminidase gene
> specific for 2009 H1N1 virus. Samples were positive for both
> screening assays. The samples were confirmed positive by the
> National Veterinary Services Laboratories. The history of illness in
> family members prior to illness in the ferrets suggests that
> Influenza A virus was transmitted from humans to the ferrets. PMID:
> 20807944 [PubMed - in process]



Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html

"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)










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