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From: "Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-06-20 23:33:04 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Cryptococcus
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY15-F23mAEdVL445g00085615@hotmail.com>

>Questions-
>1. Could this have been cured if caught sooner?
Yes if caught early chances are good for recovery if they handle the
medication okay. In This little one it sounds like it ended up in the
nervous system which is far more dificult to treat and manage, but if
cousght before then good chance.

>2. Any chance her two other cagemates may still get it? So far they are
>both
>ok.
If they had been exposed to the same original source it is possible, but it
is not spread by direct contact between them. If you want to know for sur
the Crypto antigen test is fairly accurate. and only requires a blood draw.

>3. How is this different from cryptosporidium, which I heard lots about
>while living near Milwaukee when there was an outbreak in the city water
>from feedlot runoff?
This is cryptococosis which is a fungal infection, the one in water is
cryptosporidia which is a protozoal parasite (like giardia) and is easily
spread among all mammals.

>4. Could this have been the fungus that produced open lesions all over a
>male that was found and was so sick with pneumonia and abcesses the vet
>recommended putting it down. Necropsy was done but I think the report just
>said it was fungus and didn't say what kind.
Anything is possible but probably not.

Hope this helps.

Dr. Sue

>From: "Carol Owens" <queenbee@gain.com>
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: "ferret health list" <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
>Subject: [ferrethealth] Cryptococcus
>Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 07:58:24 -0700
>
>What would be the ultimate outcome of a cryptococcus infection in a ferret?
>Our shelter received a female ferret last January that was sneezing and
>blowing snot all the time. She would try to wipe it off in the litter
>(regular cat clay litter or wood pellets) and have a clump on her nose that
>would have to be soaked and removed each day. The infection was only on the
>right side. Ferret Friends is a small shelter and rescue group and we just
>have some individuals take the ferrets in to our homes, and this ferret was
>with someone who didn't think much of the problem and didn't have the
>fuzzie
>seen by a vet. After a few months I ended up with the ferret. A few weeks
>later the problem got much worse, she was really blowing snot. Then one day
>she was walking with her head tilted. Later that day she was going in
>circles and falling over. I took her to the vet, a clinic that sees a lot
>of
>ferrets. After the first visit Baytril was administered. She ate a little
>more gravy I had been feeding but next day was worse and she died in the
>waiting room. No culture was done afterwards. I just buried her.
>Questions-
>1. Could this have been cured if caught sooner?
>2. Any chance her two other cagemates may still get it? So far they are
>both
>ok.
>3. How is this different from cryptosporidium, which I heard lots about
>while living near Milwaukee when there was an outbreak in the city water
>from feedlot runoff?
>4. Could this have been the fungus that produced open lesions all over a
>male that was found and was so sick with pneumonia and abcesses the vet
>recommended putting it down. Necropsy was done but I think the report just
>said it was fungus and didn't say what kind.
>
>Thanks for any answers to this problem. This list is great.
>
>Carol O. Ferret Friends
>Tucson, AZ
>
>
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