Dr. Bruce Williams, DVM, recommends these references on cancers:

Lawrence HJ et al.  Unilateral adrenalectomy as a treatment for
     adrenocortical tumors in ferrets: Five cases (1990-1992).  JAVMA
     203(2): pp 267-270, 15 July 1993.

Marini, RP et al.  Functional islet cell tumor in six ferrets.  JAVMA
     202(3):430-434, 1 February 1993.

Rosenthal KL et al.  Hyperadrenocorticism associated with
     adrenocortical tumor or nodular hyperplasia of the adrenal gland
     in ferrets: 50 cases (1987-1991).  JAVMA 203(2):pp. 271-275, 15
     July 1993.

Dr. Susan Brown recommends these, on a variety of subjects:

Blancou J, Aubert MFA, Artois M. Experimental rabies in the ferret
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Daoust PY, Hunter DB. Spontaneous aleutian disease in ferrets. Can Vet
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Forester, U., The adaptability of two rabies virus strains isolated in
     central Europe to one domesticated and two wild-living species. A
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     26: 26-38. (Translation by NIH).

Fox JG, Murphy JC, Ackerman MS, Prostak KS, Gallagher CA, Rambow VJ.
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Garibaldi ME, Goad P, Fox JG, Sylvina TJ, Murray R. Serum cortisol
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     38: 452- 454.

Hoover JP, Baldwin CA, Rupprecht CE. Serologic response of domestic
     ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) to canine distemper and rabies
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Johnson-Delaney C, Nelson W. A Rapid procedure for filling fractured
     canine teeth of ferrets. J of Small Exotic Animal Medicine 1992;
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Kawasaki, T. Retinal Atrophy in the ferret. J of Small Exotic Animal
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Kociba GJ, Caputo CA. Aplastic anemia associated with estrus in pet
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Kreuger KL, Murphy J C Fox J G.  Treatment of proliferative colitis in
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Liberson AJ, Newcomer CE, Ackerman JI, Murphy JC, Fox JG. Mastitis
     caused by hemolytic Escherichia coli in the ferret. J Am Vet Med
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Luttgen PJ, Storts RW, Rogers KS, Morton LD. Insulinoma in a ferret. J
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Mainka CH, Heber L, Schneider W. Studies on rabies of ferrets after a
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Manning D, Bell J. Lack of detectable blood groups in domestic
     ferrets: Implications for transfusion. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1990;
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Nguyen HT, Moreland AF, Shields RP. Urolithasis in ferrets (Mustela
     putorius).  Lab An Sci 1979; 29: 243-245.

Rupprecht CE, Gilbert J, Pitts R, Marshall KR, Koprowski H. Evaluation
     of an inactivated rabies vaccine in domestic ferrets. J Am Vet
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Stauber E, Robinette J, Basaraba R, Riggs M, Bishop C. Mast cell
     tumors in three ferrets. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1990; 196: 766-767.

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