From:
Mike
Date: 2011-03-15 18:21:59 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: Ferret Weight
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Do ferrets lose weight when they have kidney problems?=C2=A0 I was thinking=
that liver problems will cause weight loss because they tend to make food =
un-appetizing.
=C2=A0
Is there a blood test to examine liver function?
=C2=A0
Mike
[When vets do the CBC AND Chem Panel the kidney function
is looked at in one of those, but the problem is that too many
ferrets do not have the kidney problems show up on such blood
tests until they are advanced. That is a well known problem with
more than a few ferrets. Doing the urine concentration test
can spot kidney problems when the blood tests fail.
Those blood tests will also look at the liver and be SURE to read
the liver sections of these:
http://www.afip.org/consultation/vetpath/ferrets/Clin_Path/ClinPath.html
http://www.afip.org/consultation/vetpath/ferrets/PDF/Ferret_GI_path_reports=
.pdf
-- moderator]
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