>IBD as a diagnosis in ferrets seems to be a fad. Not so much a "fad" as a possible cache-pot, some with causes unknown. It appears in a number of cases to be secondary to the damage and long-term inflammation of ECE, for instance (just as IBD can precede lympho in some). Internationally respected veterinary pathologist, Bruce Williams, had an article on this in "Ferrets" which is now available or soon will be available at http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html or http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/ferrethealth or both. >ECE is not IBD. ECE is a disease caused by a corona virus if I >recall correctly. Correct on both counts. There are a wide number of causes of intestinal problems and the causes can be hard to narrow down, as can effective treatment for some. Oh, I do NOT know any time frame for a successful ECE vaccine to be released. Sorry if that was not clear enough for anyone. I know that is the goal which is being carefully worked toward. Some people got excited and missed part of the sentence yesterday, "There is on-going work to eventually have a vaccine against the ECE coronavirus." ----- Looking forward to our copy of "Modern Ferret"! I can't imagine how hard it is to produce a magazine during severe illness. Know how hard it was to keep our family retail business afloat during my mother's cancer and how we came close to bankruptcy, but then we had several healthy family members to call upon for labor help at home or store. It's the sort of situation no one can imagine without being there, so I am very impressed. ----- Lisette wrote: >I think gossiping is really destructive. Truer words were never spoken. Through the years too much avoidable damage and friction has been caused by things like rumor-mongering, and people taking sides on things without having the full info from each. The worst part is that such damage is avoidable. Sukie http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth (the current home of the Ferret Health List with it's conversations, ever growing extensive Files, and other helpful features) http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/ (the easily searched site which holds the Ferret Health List Archives) http://geocities.com/sukieslist (a site given to me which I simply have not had time to learn to update so some of the links are no longer active and the FHL link is the old defunct one so instead use the one right under my name) [Posted in FML issue 3885]