From:
ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2008-12-20 02:57:04 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Treatments for New Strain of ECE
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Someone asked me to post what we've been treating with and what seems to
work. Sadly...
Nothing really seems to be working well. We're doing massive doses of
fluids, everybody is on amoxi, clavamox and/or Baytril - doesn't seem to make a
difference which antibiotic or combination of antibiotics. Everyone is on
Carafate, which doesn't seem to be preventing the ulcers, but may be helping some.
I've tried pred on a few, made no difference, and may have aggravated the
ulceration. The blander the diet is, the more formed the stools seem to be, but
that's only true if they're not bleeding. I've not tried flagyl yet, as these
guys are so stressed that I haven't wanted to add it in.
I have seen some of these guys with pronounced peripheral edema and swelling.
We're feeding every two to three hours, giving carafate with each feeding,
and fluids on an as-needed basis.
We've lost another one today, and yet another one got sick last night.
I have heard via private email of a couple of outbreaks that look similar to
this in Maryland and in Illinois.
This looks like it might be big. I wish, as much as I hate what's going on
in my house, that it had just been us.
Dr. Ruth
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