From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2010-12-14 00:22:05 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] allowed as a special exception: sick mink info needed
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
The original poster will post later with more information including=20
test result numbers with units using this same subject line. She is=20
in Romania and having trouble getting information. Her vet is a zoo=20
vet.
Also badly needed is information on the various ADV tests which may be=20
available for use in Romania. A saliva test has been used and was=20
negative but false negatives do happen with ADV. What has been run is
>ADV quick-test, from Synlab Diagnostic, Germany. It's a strip and=20
it's testing the saliva.
The mink is an American Mink who is about 1 year and 7 months, and=20
totally refuses fish.
One of the FHL Moderators, Patty Kaczorowski, has pointed out:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PetMink/
Also see the attached things following her words, please.
ORIGINAL MESSAGE CARRIED HERE:
> I have a pet mink at home (1 year and 7 months old) and she is sick.=20
> I am struggling with my doctor to find the reason of her sickness,=20
> but unfortunately the information is poor and we cannot understand=20
> exactly what is the source of her affection (if this is a specific=20
> mink affection or inherited).
>
> I will explain you her full symptoms and investigations, maybe you=20
> can show me a direction to follow.
>
> In April this year, she suddenly had a crisis (dizziness, lack of=20
> appetite, apathetic). After a shot of calcium and minerals-vitamins,=20
> she came back to her usual mood. That until 2 months ago, when she=20
> manifested the same symptoms. I changed her diet with a mix (the=20
> same they give in breeding shelters) of meet, liver, vitamins,=20
> fiber. Her appetite became so high. She became fatty, but showing=20
> the same lack of mood and sleeping a lot. So I took her to the vet=20
> and this is what we found:
>
> Ecography:
>
> - Left kidney: 2 cysts (1 in the cortical, 1 which deforms=20
> the surface of the kidney);
> - Right kidney: 1 cyst
> - Enlarged liver, enlarged spleen.
>
> Copro test =96 negative to any parasites
>
> Hematuria, no crystals in the urine.
>
> Blood test: high transaminase (especially GPT), normal range=20
> creatinine, high urea (68 mg/dl)
>
> Treatment: dialysis 2 days, antibiotic 4 days, Ipakitine and liver=20
> support medicine. Also changed diet to rabbit and chicken meat only.=20
> She started to feel good slowly, up to her normal way: playful,=20
> eating nice, no other symptoms.
>
> 2 weeks later, I remade the tests:
>
> Biochemical: high transaminase, high creatinine (1mg/dl), urea 166=20
> mg/dl (this came out like this, but my mink looks perfect, no=20
> clinical signs)
>
> Hematology: lymphocytes, neutrophils, eozinophiles, monocytes low.
>
> ADV quick test =96 negative
>
> Ecography today 13.12.2010
>
> - Right kidney : normal structure, no more cyst
> - Left kidney: parenchyma and renal pelvis destroyed,=20
> without structure. We could only see the edges of the kidney.
> - Infiltrated liver
> - Normal spleen.
>
> At first, we suspected Adv, but she had no fever, no other signs=20
> except apathy and dizziness. Plus that the test came out negative=20
> and there is no history of this disease in the shelter I took her=20
> from.
>
> Can you please tell me what is your opinion on this? Maybe these=20
> signs look familiar to you and you can give me an advice on what=20
> should I do next. Is a renal biopsy relevant? Any medicines? Any=20
> suggestions on where I can find more details about the pathology of=20
> this animal (books, studies). I know that there is not so much=20
> information on mink, but I thought maybe you know better sources and=20
> give me a reference.
>
> Any advice would be useful to me now. Thank you!
>
> Roxana
These additional resources have been found so far:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0450.1991.tb00865.x/abs=
tract
http://www.ivis.org/advances/Infect_Dis_Carmichael/gorham/ivis.pdf
(on mink distemper, ADV, MVE (mink viral enteritis), ADV, Hemorrhagic=20
Pneumonia, Botulism, and ECG (which was probably the disease from=20
which ECE mutated, Epizootic Catarrhal Gastroenteritis).=20
TME (transmissible mink encephalopathy), a prion disease, often from=20
mink being fed BSE infected beef:
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/transmissible_mink_encephalopa=
thy.pdf
and I recommend using PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
with search terms like
mink kidneys
mink liver
etc.
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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