From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2007-04-23 03:16:33 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Insulinoma, what to feed?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I strongly recommend this vet-written resource:
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/PDF/insulinoma.pdf
and this also:
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/insulinoma.htm
This is the abstract of one study on managing insulinoma
but there have always been some individuals whose insulinoma
has managed better. There have also been individuals who
instead of insulinoma actually have another but harder to manage
pancreatic problem, for example lymphoma or carcinoma based
in the pancreas.
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J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 1998 Nov-Dec;34(6):471-5. Links
Insulinoma in the ferret: clinical findings and treatment
comparison of 66 cases.
Weiss CA,
Williams BH,
Scott MV.
Potomac Animal Hospital, Maryland 20854, USA.
The clinical signs and surgical findings were reported for 66
ferrets with insulinomas confirmed histologically. All of the
ferrets were treated with one of three modalities, and
disease-free intervals and survival times were gathered to
determine the most effective treatment. The three treatment
groups included 10 ferrets treated medically, 27 ferrets treated
with pancreatic nodulectomy, and 29 ferrets treated with
pancreatic nodulectomy combined with a partial pancreatectomy.
The mean disease-free intervals for each group were 22, 234,
and 365 days, respectively. The mean survival times for each
group were 186, 456, and 668 days, respectively. Based upon
the data, recommendations were made for treating insulinoma
in the ferret.
PMID: 9826281 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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