From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-10-23 02:46:53 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] bacitracin
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7817625.1098499613416.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
> Bacitracin in not a good topical. If placed where it can be ingested by
> this ferret or a companion it can severely damage the kidneys. I would
Alicia, you may be thinking of Neomycin.
In a past post Dr. Williams was trying to track down a report of a death but the conversation seems to either have disappeared or I just can't find it
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG10397
from 2 years ago says in part:
>I am unfamiliar with bacitracin toxicity in the ferret.
>Oral dosing of rats with bacitracin may lead to
>life-threatening bacterial overgrowth in the intestine,
>and it may cause contact dermatitis in humans, but I
>have not previosuly seen any documented cases of
>toxicosis in ferrets.
>Neomycin, which is used with bacitracin and
>polymyxin in the ointment Neosporin, may cause
>hearing damage or even renal disease if ingested
>in large qualitites.
I don't have time to look at the vet texts right now, but this is what is in teh archives.