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Date: 2005-12-17 21:05:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 15 Dec 2005 04:01:37 -0000 Issue 1182
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Hi Ardith,
Sorry to hear about the loss of your pet.
Can ferrets get sarcomas after an injection?
Yes, Very, Very rarely they can. I had a case report
of a vaccine injection site sarcoma in a pet ferret
published in JAVMA (213:955) back in 1998. Since
then I have not seen one. There was a second paper
published from the vets at the U of Georgia also
describing vaccine site sarcomas in pet ferrets.
Ferrets can also get fibrosarcomas that have nothing
to do with a vaccine or injection.
In cats there has been a lot of research on this very topic.
Some cats are genetically prone to sarcomas after an injection
(vaccines and several other products) produces inflammation
under the skin. The inflammation eventually leads to tumor formation.
Researchers at Colorado State's vet school also produced a sarcoma
with just the needle going thru the cat's skin without an injection.
The needle brought a small amount of hair under the skin which
caused the inflammation. This same problem has also been
documented in some lab animals (rodents).
Unfortunately there is no way of knowing for sure if his tumor
was produced by previous injections (ie vaccines, antibiotics,
SQ fluids, melatonin implant) or if it was a fibrosarcoma that had
nothing to do with an injection without a lot of specific testing.
Again sorry to hear about your loss,
Jerry Murray, DVM
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