From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2007-05-31 15:22:10 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Mycobacterium avium
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Mycobacterium avium is usually caught by compromised individuals but there can be
exceptions. It is present widely in wild birds (and if memory serves in their *droppings*) and
also found at times in poultry. Cooking destroys it.
The bovine mycobacterium is more serious and that, too, is among the ones that ferrets can
get. Raw meat from infected animals and unpasteurized milk are routes to infection.
There are a whole range of mycobacteria and they differ in how easily they can be caught, but
many species of mycobacteria are truly awful diseases if contracted. Ferrets can even
contract human TB.
I'd forgotten that there is a type fish can have which ferrets can also get, so looking through
past vet posts was a good refresher.
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