Message Number: YG7646 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Russell Prater
Date: 2001-10-03 12:44:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: Enlarged Spleen and
Heli[c]obacter

sukiecrandall@t... wrote:
>
> It is an infectious bacterium genus. Humans get H. pylori and
> ferrets get H. mustelae if I recall the species names of the two
> microbes properly. The genus is a common cause of
> ulcerations, and in ferrets can also cause splenic enlargement
> and other problems. It is Helicobacter. (Don't forget that "c"
> when using the search engines.)

Whoops! My bad. Yes, it is helicobacter mustelae, not helicobacter
putorus as I stated.

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