From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2002-02-19 21:05:00 UTC
Subject: 2/19 -- resources update with additions, and sorted
(seeking more by ferret-expert vets)
--
Important note: it appears that anything that is associated in the lists
with the names "Acme" and "Howard or Anne Davis" link directly into
an overt porn site but a few of the website owners have not changed
those entries.
ADV info and testing info:
http://www.ferret-universe.com/health/adv,html#test
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ferret-Health-list/files/unitedceptest.pdf
http://www.avecon.com
http://www.geocities.com/russiansmom/
http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/adv-straight.html
Ask ferret experts and vets, access archives, use files and bookmarks:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ferret-Health-list
http://listserv.cuny.edu/archives/ferret-search.html
Poison Control:
http://www.napcc.aspca.org/
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=apcc&JServSessionIdr004=ns65eol95a.app1a
(Wrap that -- alternative addy if the ASPCA Poison Control one
doesn't work.)
Veterinary sites with ferret-expert vets:
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html (ferret pathology and health
care site by vet who is world expert on several things including ECE)
http://members.atlantic.net/~weah/ferrets.html (esp. excellent vet
for surgical techniques, circulatory info, teaching videos, more)
http://home.att.net/~hhoefer/ (many common problems on site incl.
blockage info)
http://www.lbah.com/Ferrets (many common problems on site and spaying info)
http://www.bradleyhills.com/ and http://www.ferretdoctor.com (vet
page with very detailed adrenal and insulinoma info)
Veterinary sites with non-ferret experts (barring changes):
http://www.peteducation.com/drugs_supplements.htm
Sites which have health articles by vets, in addition to ones by others:
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc and http://www.ferrethealth.info
(include info you won't find elsewhere)
http://www.ferret.org/index.htm
http://www.ferretnews.org/clinic.html (vets providing multiple pieces
of health information, and telling about California-specific concerns)
http://www.ferretsanonymous.com/medical.html (medical info, including
from vets, and including some topics not seen in many places like first
aid kits, or dental hygiene, or holiday hazards)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ferreter (National Ferret Welfare Society in
the UK, including vet articles on things not found often elsewhere like
castration, or abscesses)
http://www.weareanimalhospital.com/healthinfo.htm (multiple ferret
health articles, with plans to also add more, and add some to
http://exoticandbirdclinic.com/ in the future. See experimental
insulinoma approach.)
Ways to link to important health sites:
http://www.ferret.net/medical/
http://www.trifl.org/medical.html
http://advancedhelp.org
Excellent foundation material, natural history, and links (multiple languages):
http://www.ferretcentral.org
Rabies material:
http://www.avma.org (American Veterinary Medical Assoc. incl. The
Compendium of Animal Rabies Control at
http://www.avma.org/pubhlth/rabcont.asp which should be given to all
emergency rooms in human-hospitals)
Deafness in ferrets:
http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/
Food:
http://members.tripod.com/~Ferret_Luv/foodchart.html (food comparison
chart)
Drugs and other medical products not yet listed:
http://www.hiproanimalhealth.com/catalog/usa/index.htm (Compendium of
Veterinary products)
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/compounding_pharmacies.html (list of
some compounding pharmacies)
http://www.doggon.com (travel chairs and mobility aids)
Political-health things:
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/index/ade/pharmacobrochure.pdf (federal
reporting of adverse veterinary drug reactions)
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/awa.htm (animal welfare act) and
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/publications.html (fed. regulations and more)
http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/hoarding.html, and
http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/MunicipaLawyer.pdf and
http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0454.html and
http://www.mhsource.com/pt/p000425.html (hoarding and how it hurts animals)
Cardiac from non-ferret specialists who can still be helpful:
http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/distance/cardio/ (info from vet on heartworms
in several animals, including ferrets. Be sure to see the miamiferret
site above for more specific heartworm info as well.)
http://www.vetheart.com/ (heart info from veterinary cardiologists)
Understanding medical terms and further resources:
http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/ (on-line medical dictionary)
http://www.petinsurance.com/ (insurance)
http://www.trifl.org/cedar.html (epidemiological cedar and pine info)
http://ae.inno-vet.com/articles/ (veterinary articles to search among)
http://research.ucsb.edu/connect/pro/disease.html#b7 (zoonoses, for
those weird times when you share something other than just influenza
with your ferrets)