An outbreak of illness is described in a group of experimentally-housed ferrets fed exclusively on raw meat which was accidentally contaminated with a zinc compound. The condition was manifested by nephrotoxicity, and zinc poisoning was diagnosed after autopsy and laboratory investigation.
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