From:
"Susan Liszewski DVM"
Date: 2008-03-11 16:42:39 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Anemic 1 year old male, unknown origin - very scared owner!!
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Any time we see a low albumin it usu means that protein is being lost
from the body somewhere. I would suspect loss is from the ascites.
Cancer is a cause and to be honest I have had animals with Normal
Bloodwork, Normal X rays and fluid. Cytology inconclusive. Nothing
picked up on ultrasond that when I opened after the were gone there
was cancer everywhere. There were lesions along the body walls etc.
Remined me of FIP. And speaking of FIP I would consider the new
starin in ferrets as a possibility. I don't know enough about the
ferret form but know tons about the cat forms. These cases either
were FIP, other forms of peritonitis or cancer (nonspecific in
origin). Many of these things are difficult to diagnose antemortem
(before they cross over). Sorry just the honest truth. Hopefully it
is something fixable but odds aren't in your favor. The low counts
sound viral too. I also have had animals in congestive heart failure
with no murmur. One the rads were normal, labs normal, now 1 year
later the heart is huge ans in end stage congestive heart failure and
young too. Well good luck I hope you can find some answers, and
hopefully treatable ones. I hope too that I am wrong and it is
fixable. Best to you let me know what happens.
Dr. Sue
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