From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2006-06-23 01:14:51 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Transmission of Coccidia Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 22
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
In a message dated 06/22/06 6:11:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
If I understood her correctly, she does not beleive
that trace amounts of infected feces in water of food (from normal ferret
activity),
transmission of small amounts of feces as a result of a combination of butt
sniffing
followed by nose licking, or by having the health animal lick the floor where
a
perfect cleanup of an accident by the infected animal are simply not
sufficient to
transmit the parasites eggs (oocysts.)
**I do not agree with the above. While transmission is certainly more likely
to occur if large amounts of infected stool are ingested, all it really takes
is one parasite to infect. That can easily be done via the above methods.
Most adults are capable of fighting off infection without clinical signs, but
certainly not all. Again, my inclination in this or a similar case would be to
treat.**
Dr. Ruth
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