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sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2006-10-16 22:28:45 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] abstracts of latest ferret medical studies
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
I sent these earlier today by email but they seem to be lost in the ether, so if the other one appears I'll just delete the extra.
Remember the info Tony Clarke found a while back, too, on the effects Iso can have on blood:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG18213
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Vet Ther. 2006 Fall;7(3):207-12.
Comparison of Sevoflurane and Isoflurane in Domestic Ferrets (Mustela putorius furo).
Lawson AK, Lichtenberger M, Day T, Ko J, Kirby R.
Puget Sound Veterinary Referral Center, 5608 South Durango, Tacoma, WA, 98409, USA.
Isoflurane anesthesia is commonly used in ferrets for routine examinations and diagnostics. Sevoflurane is now being used as well, but there have been no studies to date directly comparing these agents in domestic ferrets. A prospective study was designed to evaluate the quality and speed of anesthetic induction and recovery using isoflurane and sevoflurane in ferrets. In addition effects on heart rate, blood pressure and packed cell volume were also recorded. No significant differences were noted between anesthetic agents.
PMID: 17039443 [PubMed - in process]
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The following involves a mycobacterium infection. Related to tuberculosis, avian mycobacterium (in the past called called "aTB" at times) is typically an ***intestinal*** infection. It is caught from eating raw poultry and sometimes from raw eggs (just as bovine mycobacterium (at times in the past termed "bTB") can be contracted from raw milk or raw beef, goat, or I think sheep meat). Like a number of bacterial infections in the assortment of infections that can be caught from raw flesh it is not a common infection but is severe, and in this case typically terminal. Poultry mycobacteria infections have been on the rise in pets fast enough in some areas from raw feeding that in some areas it is considered an "emerging disease". (See FML and FHL Archives for some past links.) Like any other disease caught from raw poultry the degree of risk is also dependent on how common the disease is among the poultry in market.
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J Vet Diagn Invest. 2006 Sep;18(5):513-5.
Lymphoma and Mycobacterium avium infection in a ferret (Mustela putorius furo).
Saunders GK, Thomsen BV.
College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
A 6-year-old, neutered male ferret presented with weight loss. Radiography revealed an enlarged liver and other abdominal masses. The ferret was euthanized, and at necropsy, the stomach wall was thickened, mesenteric lymph nodes were enlarged, and the liver contained multifocal tan nodules. Histopathology confirmed lymphoma and granulomatous inflammation in all affected organs. Acid-fast bacilli were present in the lesions and were confirmed to be Mycobacterium avium by PCR.
PMID: 17037629 [PubMed - in process]
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has no abstract:
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2006;581:519-22.
Identification of ferret ACE2 and its receptor function for SARS-coronavirus.
Zamoto A, Taguchi F, Fukushi S, Morikawa S, Yamada YK.
National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan.
PMID: 17037589 [PubMed - in process]
-- Sukie (not a vet, and not speaking for any of the below in my private posts)
Recommended health resources to help ferrets and the people who love them:
Ferret Health List
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth
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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