Message Number: FHL1708 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: Sukie Crandall
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:53:37 -0400
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ferrethealth] possible diagnosis of prion disease from blood manganese levels
Ferrets get the same prion disease as mink (transmissible mink
encephalopathy) and can contract it from eating infected tissues.
Luckily, it is very rare, but when it happens again I hope that they
see if looking at manganese levels shows a possible route to
diagnosis in ferrets with prion disease, too. (Mostly, I hope that
an easier way to find the disease even earlier will keep all,
including ferrets, safer.)
http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/2007/7/2/scrapie.html
Sukie (not a vet)
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