Viral diseases
From Ferret
There are many viruses which infect ferrets, some of which cause overt clinical disease while others are asymptomatic.
The properties of viruses which affect ferrets are not unique and conform to viruses affecting most other mammalian species.
| Virus | Disease | Viral genus | Viral family | Classification |
| Astrovirus | Shaking mink syndrome | Mink astrovirus | Astroviridae | ssRNA |
| Coronavirus | FSCV, FECV | Coronavirinae | Coronaviridae | ssRNA |
| Distemper virus | Distemper | Morbillivirus | Paramyxoviridae | ssRNA |
| H1N1 | Influenza | Influenzavirus A | Orthomyxoviridae | ssRNA |
| Hepatitis E[1] | Asymptomatic | Hepevirus | Hepeviridae | ssRNA |
| Papillomavirus | Papilloma, squamous cell carcinoma | Epsilonpapillomavirus | Papillomaviridae | dsDNA |
| Parvovirus | Aleutian disease | Parvovirus | Parvoviridae | ssDNA |
| Rotavirus | Diarrhea | Rotavirus | Reoviridae | dsRNA |
| Lentivirus[2] | Asymptomatic | Lentivirus | Retroviridae | ssRNA-RT |
| Lyssavirus | Rabies | Lyssavirus | Rhabdoviridae | ssRNA |
