The International Ferret Congress is pleased to announce that it has given a $1,000.00 grant to Dr. Matti Kuipel and Dr. Mike Garner to complete a research project on DIM (disseminated idiopathic myositis, also called idiopathic polymyositis). The purpose of the project, as I understand it, is to definitively eliminate protozoa and corona viruses as the causal agent. While this is a long way from finding the actual cause, and determining treatments, it is important to complete and publish in order to increase interest and knowledge of this dreadful new disease that has been striking young ferrets. International Ferret Congress http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML issue 4881]