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pop press article on swine flu behavior in ferrets   Message List  
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Re:pop press article on swine flu behavior in ferrets

Yes, certainly the same precautions are needed,
especially loads of hand washing and when possible
also avoiding touching ferrets if infected.

A little more:
This one can be relied upon for accuracy:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/325/5936/17

This is another popular press one so less reliable
than the one above (like the one given yesterday is
also less reliable), though one researcher was
apparently interviewed so that person's words will
be worthwhile:
http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSN02101876

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




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I do not know how accurate it is. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=abAA7cQlO4Nc According to the article when ferret actually get swine flu...
Sukie Crandall
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Jul 2, 2009
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Hi all, It's logical to consider that ferrets are susceptable to the H1N1 virus and the like as ferret lungs are said to be comparable to the human lung as the...
John Lewington
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Jul 3, 2009
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Yes, certainly the same precautions are needed, especially loads of hand washing and when possible also avoiding touching ferrets if infected. A little more: ...
Sukie Crandall
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Jul 3, 2009
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This later pop news source says how far apart the ferrets were when they transmitted swine flu among themselves: ...
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Jul 4, 2009
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