On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Sukie Crandall wrote to the FML about the rabies
shedding studies sponsored by the Morris Animal Foundation:
 
>Knowing the shedding times and possibilities for the common strains of
>rabies will give ferret activists and their legislators the ammunition to
>get quarantine times imposed instead of sacrifice ...
 
In January of this year, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
instituted a 10-day quarantine policy for ferrets, regardless of vaccination
history.  MA had previously been a kill-and-test state.
 
The MA-DPH made its decision based on the MAF-sponsored shedding studies
completed to date.  In our* dealings with them, they always said that they
would base their policy on science--and when they had the science, they went
with quarantine.
 
These shedding studies have already helped to change policy and minds.
 
-- Lee, one of the * Massachusetts Ferret Friends (the other MaFF)
   For ferret care and adoption info in Massachusetts, contact MaFF at
   (781) 224-1098          <[log in to unmask]>   http://www.maferrets.org
 
-- Lee
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[Posted in FML issue 2096]