Message Number: SG17768 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:28:09 +0100 (BST)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: [ferrethealth] RE: Peanut Update 06-29-06
This may also help you and your vet:
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/PDF/Ferret_GI_path_reports.pdf
START QUOTE =
Liver =
The liver is commonly biopsied in =
ferrets, as it is often discolored in =
animals with chronic GI disease. The =
yellowish discoloration so commonly =
seen in ferret livers at surgery is due to =
accumulation of fat within hepatocytes. =
This accumulation may be diffuse, =
resulting in an overall yellow color to =
the liver, or it may be nodular, =
resembling small dots throughout the =
liver. In many cases, the reporting of =
hepatocellular lipidosis may lead the =
practitioner to believe this to be a =
pathologic change =96 the equivalent of the =
syndrome of idiopathic hepatic lipidosis =
in the cat. However, this is not the case. =
Ferrets have a unique physiologic =
mechanism that allows rapid =
mobilization of peripheral fat stores in
times of inanition, sometimes =93kicking =
in=94 as little as 6 hours following a meal. =
Hence, hepatic lipidosis in ferrets should =
not be interpreted as a pathologic =
finding, but simply a physiologic =
response. =
Another extremely common finding in =
the liver is the infiltration of portal areas =
by lymphocytes and plasma cells. This =
finding results from chronic antigenic =
stimulation arising from the intestine and =
traveling up the portal triad. As one =
would expect, the severity of this =
common background finding increases =
with age, and becomes more pronounced =
in cases of chronic GI inflammation, as =
antigen absorption is increased across a =
mucosal barrier rendered more =
permeable to macromolecules. =
Lymphocytic portal hepatitis of this type =
should not be considered a disease =
requiring therapeutic intervention. =
presence of chronic inflammation in the =
GI tract or reactive hyperplasia in =
mesenteric nodes should not be =
considered a pre-neoplastic lesion in the =
ferret. =
END QUOTE
and there is more there to help you and your vet.
Those are from Dr. Bruce Williams, ferret expert pathologist, can brought h=
ere with his permission. =
-- Sukie (not a vet, and not speaking for any of the below in my private po=
sts)
Recommended health resources to help ferrets and the people who love them:
Ferret Health List
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FHL Archives
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
AFIP Ferret Pathology
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
Miamiferrets
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
International Ferret Congress Critical References
http://www.ferretcongress.org
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