Table 1.

List of naturally occurring viruses of domestic ferrets

Viruses	Family	Nucleic acid	Envelope	Size (nm)
Distemper virus	Paramyxoviridae	ssRNA	yes	150–300
Coronavirus	Coronaviridae	ssRNA	yes	60–220
Influenza virus	Orthomyxoviridae	ssRNA	yes	90–120
Rabies virus	Rhabdoviridae	ssRNA	yes	70–85 × 130–380
Rotavirus	Reoviridae	dsRNA	no	80–130
Parvovirus	Parvoviridae	ssDNA	no	18–26
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus	Herpesviridae	dsDNA	yes	46–48

Abbreviations: ds, double stranded; ss, single stranded.