I recall getting one of my sister's GPs through influenza long, long, long ago. The study itself is in PLoS Pathlogy (October). I put the link to the article in the FHL and I think also in the FML. This is the best popular write-up I have found on it: <http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12808-cold-weather-really-does-spread-flu.html> 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/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5766]