From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2007-08-10 02:34:06 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] a BFF mortality study
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Sukie, Does that mean that half the kits born died of gastrointestinal
disease or that half the kits that died died of gastrointestinal
disease. It says that the number of kits that died was N=11. Maternal
trauma accounted N=11; 16.9%.
Sukie Crandall wrote:
> The majority of deaths in neonates were due to cannibalism (n = 42;
> 64.6%) and maternal trauma (n = 11; 16.9%); both of these causes of
> mortality decreased during the study period. Prior to 2001, juvenile
> mortality was most often caused by gastrointestinal disease (n = 11;
> 52.4%), including coccidiosis, salmonellosis, and clostridium
> infection.
>
> END QUOTED ABSTRACT
>
> It surprised me that they used to lose over half of of the kits due
> to gastrointestinal disease.
--
Russ, not a vet.
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