From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2006-07-22 04:09:56 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] coccidia
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
I just heard of a case of coccidia being missed by a lab
which knew it was looking for coccidia but failed to
look for all genera so totally missed it, with deaths
resulting. Watch on the FHL for more information
so that vets and the labs they use can be reminded
to look for all types of coccidia that ferrets get.
We hear of this TOO OFTEN.
Here is a past post with the types of coccidia known
to happen in ferrets at that time. It is certainly
possible that more have entered the literature since.
Please, make sure that vets and the laboratories they
use have this list and look for all types. Coccidia can
already be hard enough to spot even without looking
for the smaller and harder to find forms.
I'd been thinking there were two genera to look for
but I notice there is actually a third:
Eimeria (often missed)
Isospora (some forms also called Coccidium or Lucetina)
Here is another that is now known to not be an Isospora
which ferrets get:
Sarcocystis putorii
From: sukiec@optonline.net
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
I had no idea that ferrets get as many types of coccidia as they do:
http://biology.unm.edu/biology/coccidia/carniv2.html
includes
>Eimeria furonis Hoare, 1927
>Hosts: Mustela putorius (Polecat) (syn. Mustela putorius furo -
ferret); Mustela >nigripes (Black-footed ferret); Mustela vison (Mink)
>References: Blankenship-Paris et al. 1993; Hoare 1927, 1935b; Jolley
et al. 1994; >Nukerbaeva and Svanbaev 1973, 1977; Williams et al.
1988, 1992, 1996
...
>Eimeria ictidea Hoare, 1927
>Hosts: Mustela eversmanni(?) (Steppe polecat); M. nigripes (Black-
footed ferret); >Mustela putorius (Polecat) (syn. Mustela putorius
furo - ferret)
>References: Hoare 1927, 1935a, 1935b; Jolley et al. 1994; Litvenkova
1969; >Svanbaev 1956; Tinar 1985; Williams et al. 1988, 1992
...
Eimeria sp. of Blankenship-Paris, Chang, and Bagnell, 1993
Host: Mustela putorius furo (ferret)
Reference: Blankenship-Paris et al. 1993
...
Eimeria vison Kingscote, 1935
Synonym: Eimeria mustelae Kingscote, 1934, nomen preocc.
Hosts: Mustela putorius (Polecat) (syn. M. putorius furo - ferret);
Mustela vison (Mink)
References: Foreyt and Todd 1976; Foreyt et al. 1977; Kingscote 1934,
1935; Klopfer and Neuman 1970; McTaggart 1960; Nukerbaeva and Svanbaev
1973, 1974, 1977; Tinar 1985; Umurzakov and Nukerbaeva 1985; Wolter
1961; Zimmermann 1959
...
Isospora laidlawi Hoare, 1927
Hosts: Mustela putorius (Polecat) (syn. Mustela putorius furo -
ferret); Mustela vison (Mink)
References: Foreyt et al. 1977; Hoare 1927; Klopfer and Neuman 1970;
Levine 1948; McTaggart 1960; Nukerbaeva and Svanbaev 1973, 1974, 1977;
Tinar 1985
...
Isospora putorii (Railliet and Lucet, 1891) Becker, 1934
Synonym: Coccidium bigeminum var putorii Railliet and Lucet, 1891
Synonym: Coccidium bigeminum var putorii(?) of Galli-Valerio, 1935
Synonym: Lucetina putorii (Railliet and Lucet, 1891) Henry and
Leblois, 1926
Hosts: Mustela erminea (Ermine)(?); Mustela putorius (Polecat) (syn.
Mustela putorius furo - ferret)
References: Becker 1934; Galli-Valerio 1935; Henry and Leblois 1926;
Levine 1948; Railliet and Lucet 1891; Tadros and Laarman 1978
Remarks: This is now termed Sarcocystis putorii (Railliet and Lucet,
1891) Tadros and Laarman, 1978. It is not a valid Isospora sp.
...
Isospora sp. of Bell, 1994
Host: Mustela putorius furo (ferret)
Reference: Bell 1994
Isospora sp. of Bell, 1994
Host: Mustela putorius furo (ferret)
Reference: Bell 1994
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
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