This bacterium is especially nasty in ferrets, able to case deaths and when survived able to cause permanent kidney damage. <http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_034_2009_Release/index.asp> There was a smaller recall earlier in the week but that one was so small that I just skipped mentioning it, so those who are interested can look on the website 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 [Posted in FML 6374]