Fortunately, a very rare disease: >J Comp Pathol. 2007 Dec 5 [Epub ahead of print] >Identification of Group 1 Coronavirus Antigen in Multisystemic >Granulomatous Lesions in Ferrets (Mustela putorius furo). > >Martnez J, Reinacher M, Perpinan D, Ramis A. Departament de Sanitat >i Anatomia Animals, Facultat de Veterinria, Universitat Autnoma de >Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Tissues from nine ferrets with >granulomatous lesions similar to those seen in feline infectious >peritonitis were examined histopathologically and >immunohistochemically. Four main types of lesions were observed: >diffuse granulomatous inflammation on serosal surfaces; granulomas >with areas of necrosis; granulomas without necrosis; and granulomas >with neutrophils. Other less commonly seen lesions were granulomatous >necrotizing vasculitis and endogenous lipid pneumonia. FCV3-70 >monoclonal antibody produced immunolabelling of group 1 coronavirus >antigen in tissue samples from eight animals, the antigen being present >in the cytoplasm of macrophages in the different types of granulomatous >lesions. >PMID: 18067916 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5818]