From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2005-06-04 00:38:48 UTC
Subject: DIM/Mystery Disease News
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com, ferret-list <ferret-list@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Message-id: <BE176869-28EF-48E2-B011-2ACB34D2CB10@mac.com>
Studies on DIM/Mystery Disease continue.
Dr. Katrina Ramsell who has doctorates in both veterinary medicine
and pharmacology is studying medical approaches for the illness. She
will speak on this topic at the up-coming AFA conference. See:
http://www.ferret.org/news/2005-05-11-a.htm
Although there are two ferrets who are considered "possible
survivors" those ferrets did not have the needed pathology done to be
sure that they did not instead have one of the other illnesses with a
similar presentation. The treatments used for them have not had
success for others (as per recent pers. coms).
Doctors Matti Kiupel and Mike Garner are cooperatively looking at yet
some other possible causes of this terrible illness, and have been
aided in their effort by a grant from the International Ferret
Congress (IFC)*.
Dr. Garner will speak at the IFC Ferret Aid 2006 in Toronto, a
symposium created and hosted by the Canadian branch of the IFC.
http://www.ferretaid.org/events/events.html
Sukie
*http://www.ferretcongress.org
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