From:
Ferret Wise Shelter
Date: 2004-01-07 05:06:59 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: Diabetes and vaccinations
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.2.20040106235942.031d1010@mail.usaexpress.net>
Hello Dr Sue,
I am quite confused with your fbelow stated post.
How do we explain mast cells (rather large, bloody & ugly ) which
completely heal up and go away?
I have had several older ferrets with underlying health problems which
exhibited the same type of outbreaks -- once administered immune system
boosters and treatment for underlying health problems the mast cell
problems cleared up completely. The ferrets lived 2 years or more w/o
recurrence.
We have removed other ( BASIL CELL, ETC.) tumors but after several cases
as stated above we now look for the cause of underlying health concerns and
no longer surgically remove the mast cell outbreaks. In a veterinary
nutrition seminar last Spring they equated the mast cells with a histamine
release action within the body -- and explained they provided a way for the
body to release the toxins ---???
In our cases this seemed to prove correct- even though our experiences
were retrospective to the seminar.
Alicia D, rehab tech
www.ferretwise.org
At 12:42 AM 12/31/03, you wrote:
>Just a note. The Mast cell tumor is MALIGNANT, it just is not metastatic.
>They typically do not spread to other organsm and usu resolve well with
>complete removal from the site they are located it. But technically it is a
>malignancy, it just behaves differently in ferrets then other animals.
>
>Dr. Sue