From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2008-10-09 16:15:50 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] pets and influenza (ferrets on page 3)
To: ferret-l@LISTSERV.FERRETMAILINGLIST.ORG, fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=5983987&page=1
Remember: ferrets get and share influenza and bacterial sinus
infections with humans, they can get some other things including
allergies and pneumonia (in fact, something like 3 ferrets in the last
month have been noted with that on the FML and FHL, and sadly at least
one -- may have been private -- who had respiratory at first as is
quite common with CDV, too, had Canine Distemper so it is good that
ferret was tested for CDV promptly).
BUT remember that ferrets do NOT get colds. See these past expert
posts from ferret veterinary pathologist, Dr. Bruce Williams (whose
specialty and expertise is such that his comments on this have to be
taken most seriously, meaning people need to realize that those others
without such expertise probably encountered something like a bacterial
sinus infection or other things in a ferret then used the word too
broadly):
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG2137
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG10945
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG9530
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG4054
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YG4053
So, take respiratory illnesses in ferrets seriously enough. They tend
to get past flu well enough usually (though long ago we had one with a
dangerously high fever from that), but they can get pneumonia with
only minor symptoms showing.
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
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