From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2006-11-09 22:26:44 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Ferret with swollen vulva
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Sukie Crandall" <sukie@...> wrote:
>
> According to another site there is this from Ferret's Magazine (but I don=
't know which
> year):
>
> BEGIN QUOTE
> Vetoryl is a new medice that is used in adrenal dogs. Unfortunately this =
product increases
> 17-hydroxyprogesterone levels in dogs. This is one of the common hormones=
that is
> elevated in ferrets with adrenal gland disease. It will likely raise this=
hormone in ferrets
> too, and make the adrenal problem even worse.
> preliminary work with Vetoryl in the Netherlands has shown this to be the=
case.
> END QUOTE
>
I missed mentioning the author. Sorry. It was written by Dr. Jerry Murray=
who has himself
done a lot of careful research into adrenal disease in ferrets.