From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2005-09-28 17:16:47 UTC
Subject: Campylobacter
To: ferret-list@cunyvm.cuny.edu, ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-id: <9F95530E-E980-4AFC-A3E3-1460D0F32FA2@optonline.net>
I was told that this info was needed due to a very sad situation in =
someone's home but not which forum was discussing it, so I am copying =
here. (I just got on line minutes ago; I've been dealing w =
tonsillitis for over a week now and the fevers and length of time =
dealing with this now have me sleeping a lot. (I am allergic to some =
component of general anesthesia so we avoid surgery when =
possible.) ) Anyway, here is what I sent to her:
Re: Campylobacter: Usually when this happens the person fed raw or =
slightly cooked, not realizing the risk factors, though it could have =
been from contaminated water.
There are a number of things that be caught from raw feeding of =
pets. Even Intestinal TB has been listed as an emerging veterinary =
disease in several U.S. states due to more people feeding raw foods.
What makes it worse if that campylobacter is also thought to be a =
causative agent for some serious autoimmune diseases such as Guillian- =
Barr=E9 syndrome and reactive arthritis.
If you look at some of the past discussions on raw feeding you will =
find this tackled and you will find a lot of links that I don't have =
time to find now.
Here are basics and some more in relation to humans and in relation =
to the bacterial genus: mode of transmission, prevention, etc.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/campylobacter_g.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no1/altekruse.htm
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap4.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000224.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no1/engberg.htm
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2005/new01212.html
More can be found in
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org
There are 833 results
if you Google
Campylobacter ferret
so you may want to pass on these links, the raw feeding (or =
undercooked food feeding), contaminated water, and later autoimmune =
disease risk in a message to these folks.
For a similar organism also look up
"Proliferative Bowel Disease" ferret
or
"Proliferative Colitis" ferret