Ferret coronavirus
The ferret coronavirus is a coronavirus which infects ferrets and is a strain of the species Mink coronavirus 1. The first cases in ferrets were detected in march of 1993 in the east coast of the United states. It used to be called green slime disease. This illness is highly contagious among ferrets and has a mortality rate of about 5 percent. It also has a short incubation period.
Symptoms include diarrhoea and intestinal damage. Less pronounced symptoms are bloody stools, dehydration, lethargy, weight loss, and weakness.
The reason that this disease is also called Green Slime Disease is that Green Slime disease causes stool to turn dark green and fluorescent.
There are two types of ferret coronavirus. These are ferret enteric coronavirus and ferret systemic coronavirus.
