From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2010-03-17 21:13:23 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] abstracts
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
J Vet Diagn Invest. 2010 Mar;22(2):327-31.
An intra-abdominal malignant mesenchymoma associated with=20
nonabsorbable sutures in a ferret (Mustela putorius furo).
Petterino C, Bedin M, Vascellari M, Mutinelli F, Ratto A.
Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology and Veterinary=20
Hygiene School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Padua, Viale=20
dell'Universit=C3=A0 16, 35020, Legnaro (PD), Italy.
A 6-year-old ferret (Mustela putorius furo) was presented with=20
abdominal enlargement. Clinical examination revealed an intra-
abdominal mass measuring approximately 5 cm in diameter. Abdominal=20
survey radiographs revealed a sharply marginated mass with multifocal=20
radiodense foci, suggestive of pathologic calcification. A complete=20
blood cell count revealed a moderate, normocytic, normochromic,=20
nonregenerative anemia. The mass was surgically removed en bloc, fixed=20
in 10% neutral buffered formalin solution, and routinely processed for=20
histologic and immunohistochemical investigation. The neoplastic=20
tissue consisted of a mixed neoplastic cell population, including=20
osteosarcoma and fibrosarcoma components. Immunohistochemistry=20
revealed that both neoplastic cell populations were positive for=20
vimentin and negative for actin (smooth and striated), desmin, and=20
myoglobin. Nonabsorbable suture material was admixed with the=20
neoplastic tissue in the histologic section. This material was=20
birefringent when viewed microscopically under polarized light.
PMID: 20224105 [PubMed - in process]
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and in another species in the same genus:
Pol J Vet Sci. 2009;12(4):433-7.
Molecular analysis of the nucleoprotein gene of canine distemper virus=20
isolated from clinical cases of the disease in foxes, minks and dogs.
Adaszek =C5=81, Winiarczyk S, Maj J, Jankowski =C5=81, Zietek-Barszcz A, =
Skrzypczak M.
Department of Epizootiology and Infectious Diseases Clinic, Faculty of=20
Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences, Gleboka 30, 20-612=20
Lublin, Poland
In this study, we used RT-PCR to detect and characterize canine=20
distemper virus isolated from 9 naturally infected foxes, 3 minks and=20
3 dogs in Poland by amplifying and sequencing a portion of the NP=20
gene. A 293-bp fragment of the CDV NP gene was amplified by RT-PCR.=20
Sequencing of the PCR products from the isolates led to the=20
identification of 3 sequence variants. The mostly representative=20
polymorphic variant No. 1 showed high homology with Chinese isolate of=20
CDV with a accession number EF 375619. The sequences of all isolates=20
from this polymorphic variants compared with the sequences of other=20
polymorphic variants obtained in the study and with European and=20
American isolates sequences from GenBank showed the conservative=20
nucleotides changes in positions 57, 132, 143, 159 and 237. These=20
mutations can indicate that in this part of Europe there are new=20
variants of CDV.
PMID: 20169915 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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
"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)
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