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> know of a woman that has recently had a ferret put down. He was coughing
>hoarsely. He was put on all sorts of antibiotics as they were sure he
>had bacterial pneumonia. They did an x-ray of his lungs. They were
>hideous. The vet commented that they looked like the lungs of a human
>with emphysema.
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>His breathing became more laboured. She tried all sorts of different
>things, but found the most humane thing to do was to put him down. He was
>three years old. She had a full PM done on him. Upon opening the lungs,
>the vet said the ferret had emphysema. The owner is a smoker. Has
>anybody else seen this?
I have not yet seen this in ferrets, but I have seen it in both dogs and
cats. I also had a dog patient with primary lung cancer (relatively
uncommon in dogs). His owners were heavy smokers. It makes sense to me
that it could happen in ferrets as well.
Dr. Ruth
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Save lives - spay or neuter your pet.
[Posted in FML issue 3680]
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