ferret diarrhea: table time Flashcards
how could you differentiate acute from chronic ECE?
Acute: profuse and green diarrhea
Chronic: grainy “bird seed” diarrhea
which causes of diarrhea are UNLIKELY to cause vomiting or bruxism?
Rare with Proliferative Bowel Disease
Possible with ECE and IBD
Common with Foreign bodies, Helicobacter
Which causes of diarrhea are MOST likely to cause a prolapse?
IBD, Lawsonia (Proliferative bowel disease) Coccidia Colitis of any cause (and any age) Neoplasia in old ferrets Also prostatic & urinary disease Poor anal sacculectomy technique :-(
Which diseases are more likely to cause enlarged mesenteric LN?
Helicobacter gastritis
Poss IBD
Which diseases are more likely to cause palpably thickened bowel loops?
Poss: Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
More common: ECE
If colon: Proliferative bowel disease
Which causes of diarrhea are NOT associated with reactive hepatitis?
Proliferative bowel disease…everything else is +/-.
IBD is the MOST commonly assoc with hepatitis
which age of ferret is most likely to be clinical for ECE
An older ferret recently exposed to a young one
Mycobacterium in ferrets: what non-GI systems can be affected?
Conjunctiva; spleen; pneumonia (lungs)
How is mycobacterium transmitted?
raw or undercooked meat, unpasteurized dairy, carrion
what type of diarrhea does salmonellosis usually cause?
bloody
non-GI systems signs of salmonella?
conjunctivitis, anemia, fever
3 diseases MOST likely to be associated with bright green mucoid diarrhea?
Lawsonia (proliferative bowel)
Coronavirus (ECE - acute form)
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
What’s the weird rare ferret coccidia?
Eimeria furonis, european thing, acute death, very contagious in colonies
What type of diarrhea is ferret influenza associated with? other clinical signs?
Usually just kind of loose, not bloody or green
also will have respiratory signs & conjunctivitis + fever
Tests for ECE/coronavirus?
PCR or ELISA
