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From: StarAngels
Date: 2001-05-25 00:27:00 UTC
Subject: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: Bandit rush to vet and what is salmon
salmon disease

Oh oK thanks on the salmon stuff I didn't think bandit had it but i was just
wondering what it was.. you know how they name some things now a day's i
just wasn'tsure.. so you agree just to keep an eye on him and see how he
goes?
Thanks
~~~~ (\o/) "Math.10:8 (latter part of verse) "Freely ye have received,
freely give." Cheryl.....Mommie of (ferrets) Bandit, Lady, Snowball,
(kittys) Robert, Snowfire, new stray (Kids) Angela, Tabitha "StarAngels -
Click Ferret to e-mail me"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Williams, DVM" <williams@e...>
To: <Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 6:58 PM
disease


--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "StarAngels" <starangels@q...> wrote:
> I took my bandit to the hospital this am for he was having severe
vomiting, he woke from his nap after his morning play I did not see
if he ate anything or not but must have right. he brought nothing up
the 4 times he did it.. so i rushed him over the vet check him out
and yes he's still eating and drinking and checked his stools all
seems to be ok.. advice was watch him and call us.. so that's what
were doing ( or should i get a second opinon? ) but i was reading
the notes on Gastritis, Acute and came across salmon disease only in
the pacific northwest and that's where i live so can someone tell me
what it is and cause ect? or send me to a web site that has
information on it..


Cheryl, save yourself some time. Salmon poisoning is a disease of
dogs who eat salmon and pick up a fluke called Nanophytus
salmincola. This parasite attaches to the lining of the intestine,
resulting in enteritis. Actually, the worse disease results from a
parasite which the fluke carries, which results in the fatal disease
of salmon poisoning, as it infects a wide range of white blood cells
and the central nervous system.

While possible, this ferret would have to have eaten raw fresh salmon
in order for this disease to even start. If this is a possibility,
tetracycline is the drug of choice.

I think in this case, I would look at the more likely causes of
vomiting in ferrets.


With kindest regards,

Bruce H. Williams, DVM, DACVP
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