To Cindy Sooy: Here's a list of articles that you can probably find: Williams BH, Popek EM, Hart RA, Harris RK. Iniencephaly and other neural tube defects in a litter of ferrets (Mustela putorius furo). Vet Pathol 31(2): 260-262, 1994. Williams BH, Berbert MA, Eighmy JJ, Dunn DG. Cervical chordomas in two ferrets. Vet Pathol 26: 96-98,1993. Williams BH. Uterine implantation in the ferret. Comp Pathol Bulletin 24(3), 1991. Williams BH, Garner MA, Kawasaki, TA. Peritoneal mesothelioma in two ferrets (Mustela putorius furo). J Zoo Wildl Med (in press, Nov. 94). It's all pathology-related information. I save the medical stuff for the Internet. Check the ferret FAQ for the internet articles. Bruce Williams, DVM Department of Veterinary Pathology [log in to unmask] Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (202) 782-2600/2602 Washington, D.C. 20306-6000 [Posted in FML issue 1069]