Ferrets can get swine flu. There are over 100 known human cases (most in children) in Indiana and Ohio but the transmission may be only from pigs though that is not yet known for sure, so if anyone might have influenza do remember to get medical care, to not sneeze on, cough on, or kiss ferrets, and to wash hands often. I think that swine flu may be in the upcoming flu vaccine in the U.S. but not sure since I read the relevant paper some time ago, so worth people checking. Okay, no: "The CDC has developed a candidate vaccine for the new strain, and clinical trials of versions made by two companies are expected this fall." Click open 09 Aug 2012 Influenza (67): USA (IN, OH) A(H3N2)v, more cases in http://www.promedmail.org and <http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/aug0812h3n2v.html> Sukie (not a vet) Ferrets make the world a game. Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ 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 "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall) A nation is as free as the least within it. [Posted in FML 7513]
