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                                 		Universal City Animal Hospital
      University of Georgia			Universal City, Texas
      M. A. McCrackin Stevenson DVM, PhD	Leo Gates III, DVM


			                        Rocky Mountain Laboratories
      Animal Clinic of Farmers Branch	        National Institutes of Health
      Dallas, TEXAS			        Hamilton, Montana
      Jerry Murray, DVM			        Marshall E. Bloom, MD


      



        
[b]After this manuscript was accepted for publication, the aurhors learned that a new assay for antibodies directed against the non-structural proteins of ADV is now commercially available through Avecon, Inc. To our knowledge, there are no published reports of the assay protocol or the sensitivity and specificity of the test. For more information, see www.avecon.com.
        

        

      
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      

        
The authors thank Jeff Mauldin, BA, University of Georgia, and Jim Wolfinbarger, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT. for technical support. They also thank the ferret owners who graciously provided samples from their pets for research purposes.

        

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