Ferrets

"Ferrets" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Semidomesticated variety of European polecat much used for hunting RODENTS and/or RABBITS and as a laboratory animal. It is in the subfamily Mustelinae, family MUSTELIDAE.

Descriptor ID	D005289
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.150.900.649.313.750.600.575.350
Concept/Terms	Ferrets Ferrets Ferret Mustela putorius Mustela putorius European Polecats Polecats, European Domestic Polecats Domestic Polecats Domestic Polecat Polecat, Domestic Polecats, Domestic Mustela putorius furo

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Chordata [B01.050.150]
Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
Mammals [B01.050.150.900.649]
Eutheria [B01.050.150.900.649.313]
Carnivora [B01.050.150.900.649.313.750]
Caniformia [B01.050.150.900.649.313.750.600]
Mustelidae [B01.050.150.900.649.313.750.600.575]
Ferrets [B01.050.150.900.649.313.750.600.575.350]

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Bar chart showing 12 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2005 and 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	0	2	2
2006	0	1	1
2012	1	0	1
2014	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2018	0	1	1
2021	1	1	2
2022	0	1	1
2023	1	0	1

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Yuan F, Gasser GN, Lemire E, Montoro DT, Jagadeesh K, Zhang Y, Duan Y, Ievlev V, Wells KL, Rotti PG, Shahin W, Winter M, Rosen BH, Evans I, Cai Q, Yu M, Walsh SA, Acevedo MR, Pandya DN, Akurathi V, Dick DW, Wadas TJ, Joo NS, Wine JJ, Birket S, Fernandez CM, Leung HM, Tearney GJ, Verkman AS, Haggie PM, Scott K, Bartels D, Meyerholz DK, Rowe SM, Liu X, Yan Z, Haber AL, Sun X, Engelhardt JF. Transgenic ferret models define pulmonary ionocyte diversity and function. Nature. 2023 09; 621(7980):857-867.

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Bentum K, Shaddox S, Ware C, Reddy G, Abebe W, Folitse R, Martin P, Samuel T. Molecular phylogeny of coronaviruses and host receptors among domestic and close-contact animals reveals subgenome-level conservation, crossover, and divergence. BMC Vet Res. 2022 Apr 01; 18(1):124.

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Khalil R, Gonzalez C, Alsuwaidi S, Levitt JB. Developmental refinement of visual callosal inputs to ferret area 17. J Comp Neurol. 2022 04; 530(5):804-816.

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McDonald JT, Enguita FJ, Taylor D, Griffin RJ, Priebe W, Emmett MR, Sajadi MM, Harris AD, Clement J, Dybas JM, Aykin-Burns N, Guarnieri JW, Singh LN, Grabham P, Baylin SB, Yousey A, Pearson AN, Corry PM, Saravia-Butler A, Aunins TR, Sharma S, Nagpal P, Meydan C, Foox J, Mozsary C, Cerqueira B, Zaksas V, Singh U, Wurtele ES, Costes SV, Davanzo GG, Galeano D, Paccanaro A, Meinig SL, Hagan RS, Bowman NM, Wolfgang MC, Altinok S, Sapoval N, Treangen TJ, Moraes-Vieira PM, Vanderburg C, Wallace DC, Schisler JC, Mason CE, Chatterjee A, Meller R, Beheshti A. Role of miR-2392 in driving SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cell Rep. 2021 10 19; 37(3):109839.

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Khalil R, Contreras-Ramirez V, Levitt JB. Postnatal refinement of interareal feedforward projections in ferret visual cortex. Brain Struct Funct. 2018 Jun; 223(5):2303-2322.

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Khalil R, Levitt JB. Use of Synaptic Zinc Histochemistry to Reveal Different Regions and Laminae in the Developing and Adult Brain. J Vis Exp. 2017 10 29; (128).

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Thongtharb A, Uchida K, Chambers JK, Miwa Y, Murata Y, Nakayama H. Histological and immunohistochemical features of histiocytic sarcoma in four domestic ferrets (Mustela putorius furo). J Vet Diagn Invest. 2016 Mar; 28(2):165-70.

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Khalil R, Levitt JB. Developmental remodeling of corticocortical feedback circuits in ferret visual cortex. J Comp Neurol. 2014 Oct 01; 522(14):3208-28.

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Khalil R, Levitt JB. Zinc histochemistry reveals circuit refinement and distinguishes visual areas in the developing ferret cerebral cortex. Brain Struct Funct. 2013 Sep; 218(5):1293-306.

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Cantone G, Xiao J, Levitt JB. Retinotopic organization of ferret suprasylvian cortex. Vis Neurosci. 2006 Jan-Feb; 23(1):61-77.

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