This write-up is partly about how ferrets showed that influenza is
caused by a virus. It also goes into when people first documented
that ferrets get influenza and more. It is short, clearly written,
and I think you will enjoy learning from it.

http://blog.oup.com/2009/10/flu_history/

The description is a short summary of part of
_Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present, and Future_
by Michael B. A. Oldstone who is a Professor at the Scripps Research
Institute, and directs a laboratory for viral immunobiology.

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/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html

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