>Are there any research programs dedicated to finding a vaccine for ECE? >I would personally feel good about donating to this. ECE is one of the ferret diseases currently being studied by Dr. Matti Kiupel. He is also studying DIM and the IFC recently provided a grant to help with that work. It is hard to get grants for ferret health studies partly because the ferret community donates only a small amount to advancing ferret medical knowledge. Pretty much each time the Morris Animal Foundation has funded a ferret health study at least some of the money had to come from the general fund due to this shortfall in donations. If you want to send donations to Dr. Kiupel: Michigan State University Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigations Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health 4125 Beaumont Road, Room 152A Lansing, MI 48910 I do not know the current state of ECE research; if it is still on- going slowly as money becomes available, if it has a grant right now, or what. [Posted in FML issue 4918]