From:
Brett Paden
Date: 2001-09-25 07:20:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Tennessee Panel
Out ferret-loving, multi-ferret owning vet told us the same thing. In
fact, we started going to this particular vet after a larger,
well-established clinic tried to convince us to use the Tennessee
panel. We saw several reports on the web that the panel could be
misleading, and that it would be better for the pet to find out what
was wrong quickly and accurately.
on Tuesday, Sep 25, 2001, Bonnie, wrote
> Our 3 year old neutered male started exhibiting a lot of aggression
> when we adopted a new group. He also started marking around the
> house. His urine when he does this is very deep yellow to green.
> While we understood these behaviours might be a reaction to the new
> ones, as time went by we also began to think there might be an
> adrenal problem. The behaviours have lessened a great deal but still
> occur occasionally.
> He has also in the past few months developed an extremely large
> spleen.
> While planning to have something done about the spleen, we also
> wanted our vet to do the Tennessee Panel just to see if there is any
> problem with the adrenal glands so that we could deal with both
> problems in one surgery.
> Now, we are in Canada, and we have had this panel done on two of our
> older ferrets last spring but that was through a ferret specialist.
> Our regular vet had her tech call and ask the lab she uses about the
> panel. The tech was asked just what the panel tested for. Dr. P.
> was going to call the lab today and speak to them herself. She just
> left a message for me that she spoke with another animal hospital
> here and was told that questions have arisen about the correlation
> between what the panel tests for and adrenal disease. Apparently a
> vet down in the states is in the process of doing a study to check
> the validity of the panel. This other animal hospital has said the
> money spent on a panel would be better spent on exploratory surgery.
> Now, after all this, my question is ... has anyone heard of a
> question about the validity of the panel? My vet is making an effort
> to familiarize herself with the issues of my chosen companion animal
> and here I am telling her one thing and someone else is telling her
> something else. She has said she will go ahead with the panel if we
> so wish but I would like to know if there are any questions about
> it's usefulness.
> Any input from vets would be appreciated.
> Bonnie
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