Back in early November, I had written the Iowa Dept. of Health regarding its plans for updating quarantine policy in reference to the '98 compendium. I received the following response: >"Dear Rochelle Newman, > >Iowa enthusiastically adopts the observation policy of ferrets that is >the same for cats/dogs. In a de facto sense we have been using that >policy for several years here at the state health dept. Since our agency >and Iowa Dept of Agriculture and Land Stewardship have adopted the >compendium by reference so adoption of this change should be automatic. > >Russ Currier DVM >State Public Health Veterinarian" -------------------------------------------------------- Rochelle Newman [log in to unmask] Department of Psychology (319) 335-2417 University of Iowa (319) 335-0191 (fax) 11 Seashore Hall E Iowa City, IA 52242-1407 http://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/Faculty/Newman.html -------------------------------------------------------- [Posted in FML issue 2149]