From:
Steve Austin
Date: 2003-04-20 16:19:20 UTC
Subject: New to the Group
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <3828867.1050856899329.JavaMail.nobody@chromium>
ECE itself causes the ferret to stop eating as well, when ferrets stop
eating
they get a fatty liver ( form of hepatitis) their liver enzymes (
ALT/AST) can be sky high,
but anything that causes them to stop eating can cause this change in the
liver test. There is no test for ECE, although Dr. WIlliams was working
on one I believe, if you read the info at his site it is so complete and
if you
look around the rest of his site you will find a lot of info on ferrets
geared
for vets- I think you will find it very helpful.
www.afip.org/ferrets
ECE is generally diagnosed by symptoms, history that is compatable with
ECE,etc
Patty
> I just wanted to clear this up because I am a first year veterinary
> student and I hope one day to treat ferrets :-) The doctor I went
> to said that the ECE was causing hepatitis, which was causing the
> increase in liver enzymes. She said the hepatitis was causing the
> vomiting. Is this not correct? She said that testing for high
> liver enzymes would determine if the ferret had ECE or not.