From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2006-12-18 22:13:07 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: all this diarreah and antibiotics
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I have to wonder if some of the ferrets under discussion now have IBD
from irritation caused by previous (or current) chronic infections.
If so, they may be helped by steroids like Prednisolone, and perhaps
even Imuran (a form of chemotherapy).
Coccidia info (all veterinary pathology expert posts by Dr. Bruce
Williams) which will intrigue you:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG747
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG3072
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG3104
BEGIN QUOTE (from Dr. Bruce Williams, ferret veterinary pathologist)
Coccidia is relatively easy to diagnose with several sequential fecal
tests - they are intermittently shed, so it takes 2-3 tests over a
week to definitively rule them out.
END QUOTE
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG3106
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG3761
and there are more in there for you, but these seem to tackle your
questions.
Sukie (not a vet)
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