From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2009-05-14 23:39:36 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Ferret FIP question
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
There are always problems when anything new is
found that some people think about that more and
attribute illness to it too automatically, so it was
important to know what has an has not been done.
Sadly, that also tends to lead to some bad advice
and incorrect statements, which makes things
harder if a new disease really is involved because
there is already so little data that adding in wrong
info can greatly worsen difficulties. It just comes
with the territory each time there is something new,
so weighing sources to emphasize ferret expert
veterinarians can be even more essential than usual.
Has your vet been in touch with the Ferret Health
group at MSU?
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
Some past vet posts which may help figure out if this
is the FIP-like coronavirus (See dates on them.):
IHC staining:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL6566
some of the other differential diagnoses:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL4298
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YPG941
Remember that ADV hangs around. Sorry,
but it just does. There are sites specific to
that illness and more on it in the FHL archives.
It is Aleutian and is abbreviated as ADV for
Aleutian Disease Virus and as AD for Aleutian
Disease.
contagion or not:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL3328
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL8313
presentation:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL3320
treatment and actual diagnosis:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL2157
some of the others likely to help:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YPG923
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YPG919
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YPG662
There are more in the separate FHL Archives
which are easy to use and a true treasure chest.
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/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
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