From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2009-08-12 05:16:36 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] salivary gland abstract
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
Interesting, so poor salivary gland activity is perhaps more common in
domestic ferrets compared to other species? It's been a long day and
it might be a stretch for me to wonder that from this abstract, but it
does leave me wondering that, though I have not noticed pronounced dry
mouth in any of ours through the decades nor a prevalence toward oral
disease, so the question does not match my personal experience. Then
again, they sure don't drool like dogs can...
> Int J Exp Pathol. 2009 Aug;90(4):439-47.
> Microliths in the parotid of ferret investigated by electron
> microscopy and microanalysis.
> Triantafyllou A, Harrison JD, Garrett JR.
> Oral Pathology, School of Dental Sciences, University of Liverpool,
> Liverpool, UK.
>
> The present investigation is an attempt to determine the occurrence,
> elemental composition and formation of microliths in the parotid of
> ferret. Parotids from four normal ferrets were examined by electron
> microscopy and X-ray microanalysis. Crystalline microliths were
> found in phagosomes of acinar cells, which occasionally contained
> secretory material, and in phagosomes situated between mitochondria
> of striated ductal cells. Crystalline microliths and microliths that
> consisted of granular material either without crystals or mixed with
> a component of crystals were found in lumina, where they were often
> associated with cellular debris. The crystals contained calcium and
> phosphorus. Phagy and stagnation related to pockets of inefficient
> secretory activity have been previously found to be features of the
> parotid of ferret. Thus, possibly persistent degradation of
> redundant cellular material, particularly secretory granules, in
> phagosomes results in accumulation of calcium and leads to calcified
> microliths, whereas consolidation of stagnant debris extracellularly
> does not involve such accumulation and leads to non-calcified or
> mixed microliths.
>
> PMID: 19659902
>
Sukie (not a vet)
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http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
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