From:
sukie crandall
Date: 2005-06-19 18:31:41 UTC
Subject: H. pylori in ferrets?
To: Mike Janke <mjanke@miamiferret.org>, ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-id: <C9AF1478-A3E6-4D48-BA59-1705184E4E23@optonline.net>
This very OLD (18 years) page may be the source of the statement or
may be based upon the same source:
> ---start---- Dr Sobel VMD circa 1987 Ferrets Mustela putorius furo ...
> EliminOdor canine product is good for spraying on the ferret and
> ferret areas,
> ... flagellum. not a big zoonosis. humans can get ferrets sick with
> h.pylori ...
> www.hillary.net/school/ lab_animal/labanimal.lec.11.17.98 - 12k -
> Cached - Similar pages
I wonder if this was from people not telling H. pylori apart from H.
mustelae, or what? It would be good to get more info.
http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/pbs/zoonoses/Helicobacter/helicoanimals.html
Cats appear to be more inclined to be a possible animal host to H.
pylori than dogs for whom the evidence is "tenuous". (Ferrets are
descended from the dog branch of Carnivora, BTW.) That species has
also been found in piglets and in sheep's milk.
(If anyone here is pregnant notice that a hamster species of
Helicobacter was found in a severely ill or dead human neonate (the
bottom of that page).)
If anyone is curious about child health: Note an articles such as
this one and search further:
http://www.pidj.com/pt/re/pidj/abstract.
00006454-199810000-00012.htm;jsessionid=C10BLhlh7ixhBGQAdO9PCrEs8BDjM57n
djIL8O7roOC38XBs2nqL!-1415600737!-949856032!9001!-1
Pets are not a risk factor for Helicobacter pylori infection in young
children: results of a population-based study in Southern Germany.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 17(10):909-912, October 1998.
BODE, GUNTER PHD; ROTHENBACHER, DIETRICH MD, MPH; BRENNER, HERMANN
MD, MPH; ADLER, GUIDO MD
For anyone interested in the topic: the USDA keeps bibliographies on
zoonoses. Here is one with Helicobacter mentioned:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/oldbib/srb9704.htm
(cats in 112)
This article in Clinical Microbial Reviews looks interesting:
http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/14/1/59