From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2004-10-09 13:52:49 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: Hair Loss on my fuzzies tails
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4648971.1097329969667.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
There's no type of in-house test for adrenal disease that a vet can do. However, if the vet is knowledgeable about ferrets, the clinical symptoms should be obvious.
If the vet performed surgery, they always examine all the organs, but adrenal problems are not always obvious. A gland can look fairly normal and still have too much hormonal output.
mike
Author wrote:
> Mike,
> If a ferret is in to the vet for other things and has had blood tests
> etc, as well as an exploratory surgery to remove hairball and had
> biopsies done, would they have checked for adrenal disease?
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