From:
"Tony Clarke"
Date: 2007-07-08 00:50:06 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Hi
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Pam
Sessoms" <psessoms@...> wrote:
>
> Jenni,
>
> I would consider the three main possibilities here to be: pemphigus,
> sarcoptic mange, and cutaneous lymphoma, much as Sukie has
mentioned
> already.
>
Of the three, sarcoptic mange is the easiest to treat, it is a good fit
for the symptoms and it can become more serious if not treated. So
it can be ruled out pretty quickly with a course of Ivermectin.
>From personal experience I know that it is often not diagnosed
because it was not found on a skin scrape. If it walks like a duck and
quacks like a duck its probably a duck. The other possibilities are
pretty rare.
Tony (not a vet), Sugar and Suki.
In memory of Sally and Sue.
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