Message Number: FHL1464 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Tony Clarke"
Date: 2007-06-12 15:10:14 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Helicobacter -- Contamination Time ???
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Florence
Love" <ferret7love@...> wrote:
>
Need to know if there is any documentation or thoughts on
once 2 week medication is started if the ferrets can infect
other ferrets.
Do they need to be kept seperate until all medication is gone,
and then more time ????

>From 'Biology and Diseases of the Ferret 2nd. edition' J.G.Fox

Quote
It is now known that H. mustela colonizes nearly 100% of
ferrets shortly after weaning.
End quote

So they have it but have no symptoms, it appears to me that
only ferrets with symptoms need treatment.

I had one ferret with symptoms that was treated successfully
but her companion never had symptoms.

>From all of the above it seems isolation is not needed.

Tony (not a vet), Sugar and Suki.
In memory of Sally and Sue.




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