>After speaking to Dr. Bruce Williams (who has to be one of the most patient >people on this planet!), I learned that Aleutian is a parvovirus. I believe >the disease started in the mink ranches. There is no cure. The vaccine >companies are not even doing any research on a ferret vaccine because they >do not believe there is a "market" for it. Does anyone have addresses for the vaccine companies? I'm sure if enough of us wrote and requested them to research a vaccine for Aleutian disease, they'd soon realize that there definitely -was- a market. Lisa Mom of Zorro, Claudia, and Loki ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Science is a way of talking about the universe in words that bind it to a common reality. Magic is a method of talking to the universe in words that it cannot ignore." --The Stranger in Neil Gaiman's _The Books of Magic_ [Posted in FML issue 2306]