From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2011-08-06 17:50:19 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Can mycoplasma pulmonis trasnfer from mice to ferrets?
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>, flyingferrets <flyingferrets@live.dk>
Definitely go through:
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/Presentations/Mycoplasmosis_in_Ferrets.pdf
If the images are not interest you will find info in other slides before and after the images.
Also, there is a good bit about that genus in ferrets in the SEPARATE easily searched FHL Archives which can be linked to from the FHL or you can use the second addy in my sig lines. Just put the bacterial genus in the box for what the message body contains and leave the subject box and the from box empty for this particular search.
You will find things like:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL12080
Since at least two species of Mycobacteria have been encountered in ferrets I would not make an assumption that ferrets could not contract any of the species till more is known. (Here is a previous one:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7169088 )
Your vet should consider checking with some university ferret pathology experts.
On Aug 6, 2011, at 7:28 AM, flyingferrets wrote:
> I have feeding mice for my ferrets, and as I have experienced some cases of respiratory infection, I think they have the bacteria mycoplasma pulmonis.
>
> It seems from what I can find, that mycoplasma pulmonis is specific to mice and rats, and therefore there should be no harm in feeding the ferrets with these mice, does this hold true?
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
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