From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2003-07-02 04:20:30 UTC
Subject: Re: Emerging Syndrome?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1a7.169db7b0.2c33b78e@aol.com>
In a message dated 07/01/03 10:13:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> I did have someone write to me in a panic, having decided that anything
> with a fever must be like this, but as Dr. Heller points out it's not just the
> fever but the unusual node presentation and test results that count, and that
> so far all of the ferrets involved are kits.
Oh, absolutely! And not all kits with a fever are going to have this,
whatever it is. Two weeks ago I saw a boy with a temp over 105 whose owner was
convinced he had some horrible disease - he had the flu. A nasty flu, as I can
attest, having gotten it from him, but still - just the flu. And for two days,
he was pretty much a limp dishrag too. So don't jump into thinking that your
ferret has this thing - and don't panic. We still don't know that it's
anything more than a coincidence.
My patient did die last night, sadly - and we were allowed to perform a
necropsy, so I am waiting for the results on that. His mediastinal lymph nodes
were enlarged to some degree, but not to the level I expect from JL. Still
thinking about that, though.
Dr. Ruth
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