From:
"Uli"
Date: 2005-06-24 16:17:30 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: Can ferrets be given goats milk?
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-Id: <42BC321A.000001.03592@FERRETLOVE1>
If a farm sells raw milk, are the goats/ cows and the milk not meticulously=
tested regularly to avoid any disease causing agents being in the milk? =
This is how it's done here in the UK. I drink raw goats milk with no ill
effect. One sick ferret also had a bit of my raw goats milk for food when
she was too sick to eat and it kept her alive until her medication kicked i=
n
and she started eating again.
Ulrike
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Make sure that it is not raw milk since goats sometimes have bTB (Bovine
Tuberculosis) and ferrets can catch it that way. When that happens the
affected ferrets have to be destroyed, both because of the way the disease
affects ferrets and because it is a fatal epizooic. Be sure that it has
been pasteurized or even cook it yourself. If you cook it yourself I do no=
t
know what temperatures or length of time are needed, but suspect that you
can find it in places like perhaps the sites of the CDC, FDA, or USDA.
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