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sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-10-15 05:34:47 UTC
Subject: RE: Several scabs on body
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7740426.1097818487619.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Pemphigus past posts may be of interest of there are a number of these scabs suddenly simultaneously and you know there are not parasites, also note mention of disseminated staph infection:
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG513
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=SG390
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG752
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG484 (in this case among causes of claw disease, but I figured someone else may find it helpful)
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG203
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG167
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG128
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG119
(If they may not have all arisen at once then don't discount mast cell tumors -- which are benign in ferrets but itch a lot. We've had several individuals who were exceedingly prone to them.)