From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2008-02-22 17:22:28 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Young ferret dying of bronchitis? Help! --Mystery solved--
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Okay, I just learned more, thanks to Dr. Bruce Williams.
In relation to the second description the 61,000 white count combined with "large, ugly
cells in the blood" which probably mirror what is in the affected organs does say
leukemia, but there CAN be
"leukemic juvenile lymphoma".
As I said just recently to a person who is new to ferrets we are all always learning; that
will forever be the way it is. Ferrets aren't just good for our physical health with the
activity they add, and our emotional health with the laughter and support they provide,
but also for our intellectual health since they keep us all learning. Live to learn and learn
to live.
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Sukie Crandall" <sukie@...> wrote:
>
> It actually is NOT terribly unusual for juvenile Lymphoma to be confused with leukemia
so
> the question on these ferrets becomes:
> Was only a necropsy done or was there actual biopsy work by a veterinary pathologist
who
> is used to working on ferrets? The latter is the essential for knowing for sure. If a
> veterinary pathologist who knew ferrets did pathology work I'd kind of expect an article
to
> have been created or to be created by the pathologist, even just an informative letter to
a
> vet journal. because as far as I know there has never been a pathology-confirmed case
in a
> ferret. except for a possible:
> Vet Clin Pathol. 1995;24(1):6-10
> Large granular lymphocyte leukemia in a ferret.
>
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