From:
"Tony Clarke"
Date: 2007-06-12 15:42:35 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Tony -- Helicobacter can be detected by fecal examination
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Tony
Clarke" <Tonytclarke@...> wrote:
>
> --- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Florence
> Love" <ferret7love@> wrote:
> >
> > Can you give more info that I can share with my vets.
>
> I dont know precisely but when my new ferret, Suki, had
> loose stools I took a fecal sample to the vet where it was
sent
> to lab and examined and campylobacter was diagnosed.
> As we suspected helicobacter we queried this and they said
> the organism was detected using a 'staining' procedure and
> they could tell if it was helicobacter or whatever from this
> procedure.
>
After further reading (Biology and Diseases of the Ferret 2nd.
edition.) I must add to the previous as H. mustella is not
always passed in the feces of infected ferrets, if it is, it can be
detected, but there of course will be false negatives (I dont
think the lab knew this).
Tony (not a vet), Sugar and Suki.
In memory of Sally and Sue.
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