I'm pretty thoroughly exhausted and stressed out with both of Steve's parents having major health problems now. So, I don't know how many times I wrote down the wrong bacterial genus. No, I would not appreciate anyone doing a count, already having way more than enough on my plate without that... Dr. Jerry Murray wrote in http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/13634 >Hi Sukie and everybody, > >There seems to be some confusion on mycoplasma infections. Mycoplasma >is a new respiratory disease for pet ferrets. It has been linked to >some imported ferret kits from Canada. It is treated just like >mycoplasma infections in rats (with long term Baytril and >doxycycline). There is more information about mycoplasma, coccidia, >and coronavirus infections in the ferrets magazine article, How MSU >is helping ferrets. (go to ferretsmagazine.com and look for it in >the featured articles section.) > >Mycobacteria is a completely different disease and a completely >different bacteria. As most of you know, mycobacteria can cause >tuberculosis (TB) in humans. Fortunately mycobacteria is a very >rare disease in ferrets. > >Hope that clears up some of the confusion, >Jerry Murray, DVM 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 "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) [Posted in FML 6796]