From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2009-06-28 17:52:32 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Recall for those who feed ferrets beef (general info for other sources, too)
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>, Ferret Mailing List <ferret-l@LISTSERV.FERRETMAILINGLIST.ORG>
Recall greatly expanded:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_034_2009_Expanded/index.asp
This is a shiga toxin producing bacterium so cooking can kill the
bacterium BUT too much of the toxin remains so cooking is not a real
solution though less extreme than raw exposure.
When ferrets survive it (which they too often don't) it can cause
kidney damage. It has killed both domestic ferrets and BFFs. (Also a
hazard for humans and multiple other species...)
http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/content/full/42/12/5904?view=long&pmid=15583337
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11865409
http://www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/reprint/37/3/617
http://mic.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/144/1/103?view=long&pmid=9467902
Danish mink studies on which antibiotics this and other bacteria were
resistant to and at what levels:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18620819
etc.
Initial symptoms include:
sudden death, dehydration, anorexia and diarrhea
If it has been survived then changing to kidney-protective routines
for the rest of life (reduced phosphorous or reduced protein if you
can't reduce phosphorous, adding fish oil, extra fluids, etc.) simply
makes sense. See resources about some approaches like:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG15335
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
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
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