From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2008-03-25 15:43:12 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] more Re: Questions about adrenal diesease studies
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
One quick addition: the ferrets today in the U.S.
are vastly different from the ones 25 or 30 years ago,
heck even 20 years ago or more recently in some regions.
Years ago there was not the breeding for fancies which
swamped the ferret community for a number of years.
The ferrets were almost entirely those with standard
markings in shades from a pale brown to dark brown, or
were albinos when Steve and i first added ferrets to our
family about 27 years ago. On rare occasion a different
marking would be seen or different coloration -- for
downright huge bucks. These days the fancies predominate
because of a bottleneck when both private breeders and
farms tried for such fancies without realizing that some
of those markings also carry health and longevity burdens.
Some others bred for fancies in size or form (such as short
tails) or in fur type. Results: the multitude of burdens that
neural crest genetic variations can bring along with them
(which can go well beyond deafness), the head deformities and
closed nostrils that show up too often with angoras, the
spinal problems which can accompany short tails, the
aortic failure which can go with patch-work head markings that
strongly do not match bilaterally, and on and on...
There have also been husbandry changes such as the advent
of those green (second worst color for disrupting melatonin
production after blue) equipment lights which are now
ubiquitous. Too bad they didn't go with the least disruptive
color (amber) to start...
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Kristy" <mayhemkb@...> wrote:
>
> I am wondering, since it seems that Adrenal disease is more common
> now, could it be linked to hormones in the chicken in knbble?
>
> I know there a many factors that contribute to this disease. I
> understand there have been many light therapy studies. I also
> understand that fancies have neural tube issuses that contribute to
> this as well. I am wondering if some of the increasing numbers of
> adrenal disease we are seeing can be accounted for with the increased
> use of hormones in chicken in the last few decades. Has anyone seen
> any studies to this effect?
>
>
> Kristy
> Clyde, Garrison, Artemus
> Missing Tweek
>
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