From:
daneedv
Date: 2002-01-17 14:17:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Klondike's necropsy results
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Claire Curtis <chcurtis@e...> wrote:
> Hi Debbie, so sorry to hear about Klondike.
>
> Vets and other experts, this may be off the wall, but has Glycogen
Storage Disease
> ever been documented in ferrets? Enlarged liver, muscular weakness
> (including breathing problems), and neuro problems are all
consistent.
> But it's extremely rare in people, and I don't know if ferrets can
have
> it at all.
>
I guess there is a tendency to identify symptoms with a disease we
are familiar with.
I have written to Debbie privately asking if an ADV test had been
run, as the symptoms are also consistant with ADV.
I hope the patholgy done will provide some answers, and hopefully
closure for Debbie. It is always so hard when we loose one of our
kids.
Danee