Message Number: SG2818 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: sukiec@optonline.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 19:24:01 +0000 (GMT+00:00)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] re: European bloodlines
Message-ID: <5862117.1041967441880.JavaMail.root@scandium>
> > I have experienced no lymphomas in the late alters
> > thus far ( 6 years) and
> > no adrenal hyperplasia's as of yet.
> The "late alters don't get adrenal disorder" is an
> untrue stereotype, and when people say this, it is
> important to clearly limit the applicability to their
> own experiences.
Yes, i also appreciated that the posters involved have done just that. After all, there have been cases not only of late alter ferrets with adrenal neoplasia but also of whole ferrets with it. Until the rates of each compatred with their rate in the populaiton as a whole are know we don't know if the instances are tuly less, more, or the same for the population.
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