Ferrets: Symptoms and Treatments for Green Slime Disease

Epizootic Catarrhal Enteritis (ECE) or Green Slime Disease

Ferrets between two and four years of age are more at risk for ECE. Young kits and older ferrets can also be affected and some ferrets can be carriers and rarely show signs of having the virus. The disease travels quickly and can be spread from ferret to ferret or from handler to ferret. The virus can attach itself to the skin and even clothing. There have been cases where owners reported to not be in contact with other ferrets other than their own when their ferret was affected.

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Epizootic Catarrhal Enteritis