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Ferrets Flashcards

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Bio data

  • lifespan
  • GI transit time
  • Molt times
  • Activity time
  • repro times
  • sexually mature
  • gestation
  • weaned
A
  • 5-8y
  • 3-4h
  • spring and fall
  • crepuscular
  • seasonal polyestrus Mar-aug
  • mature @ 8-12m
  • 41-42d
  • 6-8wk
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Nutrition

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  • carnivours

- kitten food

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Restraint

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  • scruff and body support
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Vital

  • temp
  • HR
  • RR
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  • 38.8dC
  • 200-400
  • 35
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Venipuncture sites

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  • cephalic
  • saphenous
  • ventral tail
  • jugular
  • anterior vena cava
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Vaccines

+ special note

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  • Rabies
  • canine distemper
  • Allergic rxn –> antihistamine?
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Common proceedures

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  • FB
  • spay/neuter
  • anal sac removal
  • dnetistry
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Common diseases

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  • adrenal disease
  • insulinoma
  • lymph neoplasia
  • FB
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Adrenal

  • which hormone
  • signs
  • dx
  • tx
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  • sex steroids
  • alopecia, swollen vulva, dysuria, decr appetite, wgt loss, myelosuppression,
  • enlarged adrenal glands, xray, US, hormone assay (estradiol, 17-hydroprogesterone, androstenedione)
  • synthetic GnRH (Deslorelin), unilat adrenalectomy
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Hyperestogenism

  • cause
  • signs
  • tx
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  • not bred (induced ovulators)
  • enlarged vulva, BM supp, anemia, petechiae, decr WBC, alopecia
  • GnRH
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Ddx for alopecia

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  • adrenal neoplasia
  • hyperestrogen, ovarian remnant
  • seasonal
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Insulinoma

  • what
  • signs
  • dx
  • tx
  • prognosis
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  • hyperplasia of pancreatic B-cells
  • collapse, faint, drooling –> hypoglycemia
  • blood glucose, ex-lap
  • sx removal, medical
  • good but may reoccur
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Lymphosarcoma

  • who
  • progression
  • signs
  • BW
  • dx
  • tx
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  • all age group
  • chronic or acute
  • non-specific, lethargy, wasting, inappetance, lymphoadenopathy, splenomegaly, visceral
  • incr lymphocytes, +/- anemia
  • biopsy, heme
  • chemo, pred
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Foreign body

  • sign
  • dx
  • tx
  • prev
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  • lethargy, anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea, melena, hypersalivation
  • palpation, xray, ex-lap
  • sx
  • ferret proof house
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Helicobacter gastritis

  • lesion
  • signs
  • dx
  • tx
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  • gastritis, ulvers
  • vomiting, anorexia, wgt loss, blood in poop, anemia
  • response to tx, exclude ther causes
  • amoxicillin + metronidazoel + pepto-bismol
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Proliferative vowel dz

  • pathogen
  • signs
  • dx
  • PM
  • tx
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  • Lawsonia intracellularis
  • chronic diarrhea, wasting, tenesmus, rectal prolapse
  • palpation, biopsy
  • mucosal hyperpalsia of colon
  • chloramphenicol
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Eosinophilic enteritis

  • cause
  • signs
  • dx
  • pm
  • tx
A
  • unknown
  • chronic diarrhea, wasting, anorexia
  • biopsy, BW (eosinophilia)
  • int thickening with eosino infiltrate
  • prednisone, ivermectin
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Influenza A and B

  • signs
  • tx
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  • general malaise, serous nasal discharge, sneezing, pharyngitis, death in neonates
  • supportive care
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Canine distemper virus

  • signs
  • prognosis
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  • dermatitis, conjunctivitis, thickening of skin over footpads, sniffling/resp, CNS
  • grave
20
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Aleutian disease

  • pathogen
  • lesion
A
  • parvovirus

- autoimmune complex depo in kidneys

21
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Parasitic dz’s

A
  • ear mites
  • fleas
  • mange (sarcoptes)
  • HW
  • Giardia, Crypto
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Dilated cardiomyopathy and CHF

  • signs
  • dx
  • tx
A
  • lethargy, exercise intolerance, edema, pleural effusion/dyspnea, ascities, arrhythmia
  • cardiac US
  • same as SA
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Idiopathic splenomegaly

  • dx
  • tx
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  • palpation, xray, rule out other

- remove is space occupying

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