AVMA News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration announced in January that the agency had approved new generic drugs for cats, dogs, and horses and granted a supplemental approval for a generic drug for use in ferrets.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I had never heard of the use of ferrets in medical research though. News to me. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine claims these are unnecessary procedures, even though the ferrets are apparently anesthesized during the process. I live in Seattle and I am always skeptical of how the UW treats its lab animals.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

With the latest news of finding the virus in a cat, here is an update about the H1N1 virus and how it affects your pets. Ferrets and birds are susceptible. Ferrets and birds may develop swine flu, or other human flu viruses. Dogs are safe. According to theASPCA dogs have little chance of contracting swine flu.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Instead, DeMuth will plead guilty to conspiring to damage a Minnesota company that breeds ferrets. The Quad-City Times reports that DeMuth admitted to releasing ferrets and causing damage to computers and records in a 2006 break-in.) His plea agreement does not mention the Iowa break-in.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Also, Grebes share two characteristics that end up being bad news given the state of the planet we are in. Like many birds, Grebes are mainly preyed on by other birds, but also, because Grebes liv in and on and near (mostly) fresh water, they are also preyed on by the smaller carnivores such as ferrets.

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