Husbandry and management of the domestic ferret

¹Animal Health, Marshall Farms, USA, Inc., 5800 Lake Bluff Road, North Rose, NY 14516, USA. rscipioni@marfarms.com

|May 2, 2002

Abstract:

Domesticated thousands of years ago and used for their hunting skills, ferrets have in more recent times proven to be excellent models for several fields of study, including virology and immunology. The author reviews the basic care and management of ferrets in the animal facility.

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