From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2009-07-30 18:35:20 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Update on urine scald/distemper : sneezing, have pictures in Photo section
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, Sukie Crandall <sukie@...> wrote:
> http://www.pet-informed-veterinary-advice-online.com/canine-distemper.html
>
> says
...
> > 5g) Tests of the future - PCR and tissue culture.
Michigan State Ferret Health CAN do the PCR for Canine Distemper NOW.
This is very specialized testing.
DNA types of tests really, really narrow down just what a ferret has.
It is a level of extremely specialized testing which goes way beyond
types of tests that give general category answers.
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/Diagnostics.php
BEGIN QUOTE (Canine Distemper on text line 7, line 9 if you count spaces)
Infectious Disease Diagnostics
The DCPAH offers a number of tests specific for ferret infectious diseases including:
PCRs specific for ferret enteric coronavirus (cause of ECE) and ferret systemic coronavirus (cause of FIP-like diseases), immunohistochemistry and serology for ferret coronavirus
PCR and in-situ hybridization for Aleutian disease
PCR for group A and C rotaviruses
PCR, immunohistochemistry and serology for canine distemper
PCR and immunohistochemistry for influenza
PCR for enteric coccidiosis (Eimeria furonis)
PCR for Tyzzer's disease (Clostridium piliforme)
Immunohistochemistry for Proliferative Colitis (Lawsonia intracellularis)
Serology and Fluorescent antibody testing on tissues and urine for leptospira
Bacterial culture including mycobacterial organisms
Parasitology for ecto- and endoparasits
Dr. [SEE THE SITE FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS], the section chief of the Virology Section, will be available for consultation on viral diseases of ferrets.
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