They still get it as an end host but apparently are no longer
implicated as vector animals. Pigs also are apparently just end hosts.

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/farming/11146/research-affirms-tb-strategy

Some marsupials are the primary vector animals.

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

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