Studies on DIM/Mystery Disease continue. Dr. Katrina Ramsell who has doctorates in both veterinary medicine and pharmacology is studying medical approaches for the illness. She will speak on this topic at the up-coming AFA conference. See: http://www.ferret.org/news/2005-05-11-a.htm Although there are two ferrets who are considered "possible survivors" those ferrets did not have the needed pathology done to be sure that they did not instead have one of the other illnesses with a similar presentation. The treatments used for them have not had success for others (as per recent pers. coms). Doctors Matti Kiupel and Mike Garner are cooperatively looking at yet some other possible causes of this terrible illness, and have been aided in their effort by a grant from the International Ferret Congress (IFC)*. Dr. Garner will speak at the IFC Ferret Aid 2006 in Toronto, a symposium created and hosted by the Canadian branch of the IFC. http://www.ferretaid.org/events/events.html Sukie *http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML issue 4898]