Dr. Kathleen Smith, State Public Health Veterinarian has announced that Ohio will henceforth recommend a 10-day quarantine period for ferrets in bite cases. Notification will be sent to the state's local health departments next week. (The delay is due to office shuffling going on now--Dr. Smith told me her calls are currently going to the Sexually Transmitted Diseases office!) Ohio residents, call you local health departments (look them up in the yellow pages under Government) to alert them to the changes now! Let them know they will receive notification from the state shortly and to call Dr. Smith if they have any questions. Make sure they are planning to follow these new guidelines! Linda Iroff North Coast Ferret Shelter http://www.oberlin.edu/~liroff/ncfs.html [Posted in FML issue 2118]