Merial is the animal division of Merck. See: <http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Thats-Merial-Intervet-Schering-Plough-to-you-$pd20090311-PZVKX?opendocument> >That's Merial Intervet Schering-Plough to you > >Pharmaceutical company Merck's $41 billion merger with Schering- >Plough will include the animal health businesses of both companies. 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 6391]