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Dear Alison:
>I'd be glad to hear from any other vets on the list with more ferret
>experience than I have. I've recently examined a ferret (adult male,
>neutered about six months ago) which has marked sinus arrhythmia on
>cardiac auscultation - no murmur. Is this a normal finding, as in dogs,
>or of possible clinical significance in a ferret?
Pronounced sinus arrhythmia and respiratory bradycardina is common during
auscultation in the ferret. (For non-vets, the heart slows down during
inspiration.) It can sometimes be quite dramatic. I get this question
quite a bit.
All the best,
Bruce Williams, DVM
[Posted in FML issue 3258]
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