Rabies:
Ferrets receive rabies vaccine in single doses at age of 12 weeks and annually.

Canine Distemper:
Infects ferrets through aerosol. The incubation period for this virus is from 7 to 10 days.

Symptoms: Loss of appetite, rash on the chin and inguinal area, within the next 2 days a thick discharge will come from the eye and nose.

Diagnosis: Isolation and identification of virus.

Treatment: None successful.

Prevention: Vaccine

Influenza:
Ferrets are highly susceptible to human influenza virus.

Symptoms: Fever, depression, loss of appetite, and a thick discharge from the nose.

Diagnosis: High temperature 40 f and clinical signs.

Treatment: Antibiotics to prevent secondary infection and supportive therapy.

Aleutian Diseases:
Is very highly contagious viral disease.

Symptoms: Start with back leg paralysis then progresses to all four leg paralysis, weight loss, game bleeding, and respiratory singe.

Diagnosis: Laboratory testing.

Treatment: None

Prevention: Test the newly introduced ferret to the colony.