From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2003-08-30 02:51:23 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 30 Aug 2003 02:11:14 -0000 Issue 418
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <c3.3730c2f5.2c816b2b@aol.com>
In a message dated 08/29/03 10:15:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> The new, young vet I met with said that the new protocol for adrenal
> disease in surgical candidates was to give one shot of Lupron and then do the
> adrenalectomy a month later.
Did he give a reason for this? In my practice, the plan is surgery as soon
as is possible in a ferret that is a surgical candidate, and Lupron is reserved
for those that are not.
I have seen ferrets that early on in the disease had very small glands, but
usually have been able to distinguish the affected from normal by the way the
tissue feels.
I have had no luck with using Lupron to try to shrink adrenals, but since I
don't use it routinely presurgically, I have no experience there.
Dr. Ruth
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Find it. Fix it. And fly again.