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Subject:  Ferret List Issue 270
 
> Symptoms:  Swollen rectum, diarrhea, discharge from eyes and/or nose.
 
> [fur loss too?]
 
I doubt it.  They simply don't live long enough for fur loss.  They
show symtoms in 1 to 4 weeks after exposure, then die shortly thereafter.
 
[The picture I saw (nth hand xerox copy) musta been a rash rather than
alopecia.]
 
The sources I have say "nearly 100% mortality rate", so I guess they have
saved a few.
 
- Nancy
 
Nancy Hartman                     CIS graduate student
[log in to unmask]                  U. of Delaware
        President and founder, Delaware Valley Ferret Club
                      Owner of Percy & Bree
 
[Posted in FML issue 0272]