Message Number: SG11743 | New FHL Archives Search
From: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-12-07 18:30:33 UTC
Subject: RE: mesenterial roundcell-tumor: Essiac, pycnogenol, chemo?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2974573.1102444233022.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

There was one known malignant mast cell tumor ever found in a ferret. It i=
s in the AFIP collection. If memory serves, it arose in a similar area.

http://www.afip.org/ferrets/webconsults.html

http://www.afip.org/ferrets/Mast/mastcell.html
includes:
>Several years ago, I reported a single
> case of a poorly differentiated mast =

>cell tumor in the ferret.=A0 This tumor was =

>present in numerous abdominal organs, =

>including the liver and mesenteric lymph =

>nodes, but no mestastasis was seen in the =

>skin. This was a rare case that has not been =

>repeated, and I have yet to see a cutaneous =

>mast cell tumor in the ferret with =

>extracutaneous metastasis.

>Bruce Williams, DVM, DACVP =

>January 1999 =

There are also additional sections at that site which go into a range of ma=
lignancies. For the Powerpoint you (sadly) need to use Explorer.

http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html

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