From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2010-01-06 06:05:33 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] abstract: heart worm extraction
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
> J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2010 Jan-Feb;46(1):31-5.
> Transvenous heartworm extraction in a ferret with caval syndrome.
> Bradbury C, Saunders AB, Heatley JJ, Gregory CR, Wilcox AL, Russell
> KE.
> Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary
> Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College
> Station, Texas 77843-4474, USA.
> A 10-month-old ferret was diagnosed with heartworm disease and caval
> syndrome. Associated clinical signs included weakness and a green-
> colored urine, identified as biliverdinuria. Despite the animal's
> small size, removal of three heartworms via transvenous heartworm
> extraction was successfully performed. Although at least one female
> worm remained in the right ventricle, the majority of clinical signs
> related to the presence of the heartworms resolved. The ferret was
> subsequently managed medically with corticosteroids and monthly
> heartworm prevention. This case documents the presence of
> biliverdinuria associated with caval syndrome and successful
> transvenous heartworm extraction in a ferret.
> PMID: 20045834 [PubMed - in process]
Sukie (not a vet)
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