Message Number: SG14566 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: Caitlyn Martin
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 10:15:05 -0700 (PDT)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: Lymphoma being passed from one to another
Message-ID: <20050701171505.76859.qmail@web30602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Hi, Sukie,
--- sukiec@optonline.net wrote:
> It is NOT the lympho they are sharing, but they very
> likely shared a causative virus as long as three
> years ago. In the MIT Div. of Comparative Med
> research the lympho broke two to three years after
> exposure. I remember when that research had to end
> due to not enough funding and time.
Which leaves us without a means of treatment or
prevention.
Of the 10 ferrets we had born between 1994 and 1998 a
total of six died of lymphoma between October, 2003
and February, 2005. A seventh, Nyssa, was diagnosed
in November, 2004 but is still alive. That's a
cluster of seven. Two more died of other illnesses
earlier on and one has, so far, remained blissfully
healthy. I should point out that two of the ferrets
didn't show any symptoms of lymphoma until well into
their 10th year of life, so I don't know if they
really should be included in our cluster or not.
All the best,
Caity and the fantastic five
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