This is a Mycobacterium species was a surprise, but one with a happy
ending:
 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed
&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16164141&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum>
 
>Two ferrets were diagnosed with pneumonia due to Mycobacterium
>abscessus.  Both cases were treated successfully using clarithromycin
>after positive cultures were obtained via unguided bronchoalveolar
>lavage.  This is the first time M abscessus has been isolated in our
>laboratory and the first report of this organism causing disease in
>companion animals in Australia.
 
J Infect Dis.  2006 Mar 1;193(5):677-684.  Epub 2006 Jan 27.
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Live attenuated influenza vaccine is safe and immunogenic in
immunocompromised ferrets.
 
Huber VC, McCullers JA.
 
Department of Infectious Disease, St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
 
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