From:
"Susan Liszewski DVM"
Date: 2007-09-23 21:43:10 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Lymph fluid in the abdomen
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I had this happen to a cat of mine years ago. The most likely cause
in a ferret is lymphoma. The actual cause is a leak of the thoracic
duct into the abdomen. This fluid can look like milk and is high in
fat content. The cause of the damage to the duct can be trauma, a
mass in general, lymphoma, in some cases forms of TB. The cause was
never found in my cat. Exploratory might be worth doing but suspect
they can't repair it. We usu see this leak in the the chest not the
abdomen. My cat was explored (I wasn't a vet at the time) and they
took samples of all sorts of things and nothing came of it. Within a
couple of weeks he got worse started having seizures etc.
Hope that answers everyones questions. I know it is dismal
occassionally if you fix the primary problem it will resolve, I have
seen it with thoracic damage not yet abdominal. All the best and
good luck.
Dr. Sue
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "ferrets_ch"
<frettchen.familie@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everybody
>
> Since about 2 weeks my ferret Leela (female castrated, 2 years-
young)
> developed a pear-shaped belly. I thought she had just put some
> weight, but her belly was really looking odd.
>
> Today I brought to the vet and he suspected of abdominal fluids. She
> spent the whole day in the clinic, made ultrasound,blood text, x-ray
> the vet also took a bit of the fluid of her abdomen.
>
> The result: the fluid in her abdomen is from a lymph. The vet told
us
> he hasno idea how this fluid appear there. Even in Cats and dogs,
this
> is very rare.
>
> We both searched in the internet, but unfortunately there is nothing
> about lymph fluid in the abdomen.
>
> I kindly ask you guys if you ever heard about that. Any help will be
> extremely welcome.
>
> Thank you so much for your attention.
>
> Greetings from Switzerland,
>
> Paty Leela & Baerli
>
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:ferrethealth-digest@yahoogroups.com
mailto:ferrethealth-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
ferrethealth-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/