From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2002-02-04 19:44:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: Adrenal hair regrowth
miamiferret wrote:
>
> --- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Russell Prater <russellprater@w...>
> wrote:
> > What is "a complete PU"?
>
> I believe they may be talking about a perineal urostomy. That's
> where they reroute a male ferret's urinary tract. I believe this is
> usually done when the ferret has repeated urinary blockages that
> can't be corrected by the usual methods.
>
> mike
Oh. Okay, I've heard of that, just didn't recognize the abbreviation.
When I was in the Air Force there were rules of writing, one of which
was that the first time you used an abbreviation in a paper, you defined
it.
Russ