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From: ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2002-05-08 09:15:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Digest Number 722

In a message dated 05/08/02 2:59:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com writes:



Is it really necessary to have the CBC done? The biopsy? Xray?
Why not just remove the mass while Phoebe's under, and THEN send a
piece of it off for histopath?


That is what I would do, but I do think that bloodwork is a really
good idea before anesthesia, and I would consider an X-ray a good
thing in this case, since you want to see if there is any bony
involvement.

Dr. Ruth
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