Message Number: SG3440 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: "Chris Lloyd"
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 11:36:54 -0000
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Help for intact female that is in season.
Message-ID: <000301c2dfe6$dbe2c820$0300000a@CHRIS>
Proligestone (delvosteron, Mycofarm: Covinan, Intervet) can be given
from the end of March or when oestrus commences if earlier. The dose is
0.5ml subcutaneously. In 91.6% of jills this will suppress oestrus for
the rest of the summer (Oxenham, 1990a). If the jill returns to
oestrus, a second dose can be given. Jills breed satisfactorily the
year following use of this hormone. No cases of pyometra have been seen
by the author following its use.
The Wessex Ferret Club www.wessexferretclub.co.uk
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