Message Number: FHL9659 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2009-08-12 19:14:32 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: distemper photos and GIVE THEM VITAMIN A
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "fret.popper" <fret.popper@...> wrote:
>
> G'day,
>
> I have read the papers on distemper and vitamin A with great interest. But 30 mg of vitamin A is a large dose. Could it be possible that they meant 30 mcg? I wonder.
>
> Regards,
> Christina
>

I have communicated with Dr. Brian Ward who was one
of the study authors and he sent this information for the
FHL membership:

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Hello Sukie
No typo or error ...
When we launched this study, we had no idea what the
kinetics of vitamin A deficiency and sufficiency were in
ferrets and we decided to give a good large dose to
replenish depleted stores. There was no toxicity
associated with the 50,000IU daily dose x2 and this
dose is not so different from the WHO recommended
100,000 IU daily for 3 days for small kids (a good sized
ferret weighs ~1-1.5 kg in my experience).
Brian

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THE FULL ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND for free here:

http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/137/8/1916




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