so ferrets MIGHT also be vulnerable if the vulnerability extends more widely in Carnivora. This is the first time it has been found in a pet so more is unknown than known. BEGIN QUOTE News from the ICAAC meeting: The "Indian superbug" NDM-1 -- actually a gene which encodes an enzyme which confers resistance to almost all known antibiotics -- has been found for the first time in a pet, somewhere in the United States. END QUOTE see article for further info and also go to http://www.promedmail.org and open 16 Sep 2012 NDM-1 carrying Enterobacteriaceae - USA (02): feline http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/09/ndm-icaac-3 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) A nation is as free as the least within it. [Posted in FML 7551]