Duh, what was I thinking?  You are absolutely right.  Thank you for
correcting that error.
 
"Dr. Matti Kuipel at the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine,
has definitively identified a coronavirus as the cause of epizootic
catarrhal enteritis in the ferret."
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/corona_ece.htm
 
And, from what I read, this is a recent finding but has been corroborated
in other research labs as well.
 
Debi Christy
Ferrets First Foster Home, Carthage, TX
[Posted in FML issue 2991]