I realized that the sentences:

>Is something similar going on in ferrets? Does Helicobacter mustelae
>perform useful functions in ferrets, being commensal as well as
>possible pathogen?

are unclear. I know that H. mustelae IS a pathogen at times but what I
meant by "possible" is the perhaps the conditions have to be right for
it to act as one.

Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
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)

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