Kara wrote: >I've been researching Waardenburg syndrome in humans, cats, ferrets, etc. >for my genetics class. <...> >But the one thing that I haven't been able to find is Waardenburg >as it pertains to dark-eyed-white ferrets. Boum Boum is deaf, he is a DEW. However, he was a panda when we got him, by the time he was 3 years old, he was almost completely white. ************** Excerpt of a post located via the FML searchable archives, which is a great resource!!! From: "~AngelFire~" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: <..> Through persistent insistence that this didn't seem to be so, they found a "ferret test" they can do to determine if there is an actual ferret allergy. They have to draw blood and send it to the Mayo clinic,it costs $68 and is covered by insurance as any other allergy test. The test was labled as " 1 Allergen Specific IGE,86003 ". I was surprised to learn how many doctors and people in general were unaware of this particular test. <...> Deb~ [Posted in FML issue 3027] ***************** Lorraine Tremblay Webmistress of Mustela Canada | Webmestre de Mustela Francia http://www.storm.ca/~ferret Pour joindre la Liste furets contactez : [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 3363]