RE: good litter/under cage stuff - Fara Shimbo of FURO has been pushing using Rabbit pellets that you can (supposedly) get cheaply from feed stores. I've been meaning to try it, but I'm not sure where to get it around here. Apparently the dust from clay litter is a carcinogen, which is upsetting since I've used clay litter most of their lives. RE: reasearch on viruses causing cancer - Here's the info. on the MIT researchers that were mentioned in the last issue: MIT-Div. of Comparative Med. Dr. James Fox and Dr. Susan Erdman 37 Vassar St. Bldg. 45 Cambridge, MA 02139 617-253-1722 FAX: 617-258-5708 In the May/June issue of the Weasel Help Monthly, there is a copy of a Lymphoma survey questionaire that Dr. Erdman is doing. Any of you with 8 or more ferrets should fill this out: -------this is a direct copy------- Lymphoma Survey Questionaire If you have a household that contains 8 or more ferrets, please consider filling out this questionaire. Dr. Erdman needs statistical information in order to study the characteristics of malignant lymphoma in the ferret. She needs information from households that contain ferrets that have been diagnosed with lymphoma and ALSO from households that have NEVER had any ferrets with lymphoma. Please work with your veterinarian to obtain the information and have him/her call Dr. Erdman directly for more information on what tests can be done inexpensively or free of charge through her project. Thanks so much for helping! Name________________________________ Address_______________________________________ _______________________________________ Your phone and/or FAX number(s) _______________________________________ Name and address of your veterinarian _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Phone (and FAX number if known) of your veterinarian __________________ Number of ferrets in household _________ List other pets in household __________________________________________ List ferrets currently in houshold: (if ferret has two blue dots tattooed in right ear please circle Y under tattoo column - put approximate birth year if exact date is not known) Name Birth Date Sex Source & Date aquired Tattoo? 1._____________________________________________________________ Y/N [note: for space's sake I'm only typing one line - duplicate for additional ferrets - NH] Please provide a *brief* description of how ferrets are housed, i.e. all together, in seperate groups, who is caged together, etc. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Please list any ferrets that have been diagnosed with lymphoma either living now or since deceased in your household. Attach copies of: 1. All thier medical records 2. The pathology report that diagnosed the lymphoma (please include the name and address of the pathology service) 3. Other laboratory reports such as complete blood cell counts, X-ray reports (you do not need to send the X-rays), etc. 4. Post mortem report if the pet is now deceased 1. _____________________________ 2. __________________________ 3. _____________________________ 4. __________________________ 5. _____________________________ 6. __________________________ Please sign this release statement which allows Dr. Erdman to use information on your pets in her research project. I hereby release this medical information on my pet ferrets to be used in whatever manner deemed necessary by Dr. Susan Erdman in her research project. Name ___________________________________ Date __________________ Please send the completed form and attached papers to: Susan Erdman, D.V.M. Division of Comparative Medicine M.I.T. Building 45 37 Vassar St. Cambridge, MA 02139 Phone: 617-253-1722 FAX (faster!): 617-258-5708 If you have any questions about her research, or how this information will be used, please call or FAX her at the above address. She works in two facilities, and FAXing is frequently the faster way to communicate! THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT! --------- end typed in survey ---------- - Nancy Nancy Hartman Internet - [log in to unmask] GEnie - n.hartman4 President, Delaware Valley Ferret Club | CIS Grad Student, U. of Delaware *** Caregiver to Percy, Bree, & Popcorn, the ferrets *** "We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals" - Kant [Posted in FML issue 0527]