From:
williamsdvm@comcast.net
Date: 2003-05-10 04:37:31 UTC
Subject: RE: I have a diagnosis!!
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4656812.1052541451282.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Dear Dawn:
I would very much like to see that smear. Hemobartonella has not been previously reported in ferrets. Hemobartonella-like parasites have been reported in several types of monkeys, but it is mainly a parasite of cats.
While I am not averse to saying it would be a new one on me, I think that I would want to have that diagnosis confirmed by a local lab before saying this is the first case ever...
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM
Author wrote:
When the Dr. did a blood smear however, we found the
> culprit. The Dr. called me over to the microscope and there were little
> bluish circles in Ivy's red blood cells!!! Evidently it's a parasite
> Hemobartonella (I hope I haven't butchered that name too much!!). > Dawn
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