Okay, this is an update. No one has a time-frame for when the work will be done; so think in terms of years away and be pleasantly surprised if it is faster. Anyway, today I spoke with a pathologist at the National Zoo following up on if Merial decided to go ahead with the Recombitant CDV Vaccine testing and they have. It's a product expected to be very important to zoos and for conservation efforts (esp. the large felids -- great news since some lion populations have been seriously impacted at times by Canine Distemper), and to ferrets. Right now about 20 locations are doing the testing for zoo animals. The reason this vaccine is important to the ferret community is because, unlike the existing options, there is not expected to be a reaction risk. [Posted in FML issue 3047]