{"id":45101,"date":"2018-02-09T11:34:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T17:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/?p=45101"},"modified":"2023-04-08T12:04:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T17:04:06","slug":"ferrets-and-the-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/ferrets-and-the-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrets and the Flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrets are susceptible to several strains of human influenza virus, which is spread through the air from coughing, sneezing, and other respiratory secretions. The virus is not only spread from human to ferret, but ferret to ferret and from ferret to human as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ferrets-and-the-Flu_2014-edited-color2.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45118\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ferrets-Flu-handout-screenshot-width-600-312x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ferrets-Flu-handout-screenshot-width-600-312x400.png 312w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ferrets-Flu-handout-screenshot-width-600.png 546w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ferrets-Flu-handout-screenshot-width-600-500x641.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download the PDF version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ferrets-and-the-Flu_2014-edited-color2.pdf\">Ferrets and the Flu<\/a>\u00a0client education handout, or modify the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ferrets-and-the-Flu_2014-edited-color2.docx\">DOCX version<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ferrets-and-the-Flu_2014-edited-color2-copy.doc\">DOC version<\/a>\u00a0for your veterinary hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrets are susceptible to several strains of human influenza virus, which is spread through the air from coughing, sneezing, and other respiratory secretions. 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