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From: StarAngels
Date: 2001-07-16 02:45:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] fish and ferrets

ew.. i know a human an american who lives in Russia and got this giardia
from their water. (she said) that she will always have it and has to take
med's to control the ill effects.. but that's all i know.. and if it's that
bad for a human my babies will never have fish on thier diet!
MHO
Cheryl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Prater" <russellprater@w...>
To: <Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 4:41 PM


> From:
> "Steve1" <email@t...>
>
> Hi,
> Maybe someone can help me out because I can't remember where the artical
was but I believe it was in the
> FML but evidently there is an organism that may infect your ferrets if
they drink aquarium water.

Yeah, Dr. Williams just answered this one a few days ago. He said it is
giardia, an intestinal parasite.

--
Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
russellprater@w...

URA Redneck if you own all of the parts of soap-on-a-rope except soap.


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