FACTOID 1
Remember way back when Parvo hit dogs?  It was violent and deadly.  It was
very much a mystery of how to treat and prevent it.  Well ADV is like a
strain of parvovirus.  Where did it begin?  Well ADV or Aleutians disease
hit mink farms quite a while ago.  Most mink farms back when, also had
ferrets.
 
It was only a matter of time for the virus to mutate to a form that could
infect ferrets also.  I read that technically... ADV began in the fifties
I think, actually.
 
FACTOID 2
There is currently no cure for ADV.  As of now there is no possible vaccine
either because every time a proposed vaccine has been administered to a
ferret... the ferret has actually come down with the virus.
 
Wolfy
Please visit:
http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/
For information on deafness in ferrets:
http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/deaf.html
[Posted in FML issue 3187]