It's easy enough for anyone to put the word Clostridium into the "search message body for" box at http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ leaving the other two boxes empty and then search. Then just open the ones you want such as http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG2045 >generally take most diagnosis of clostridiosis with a grain of salt. >Many are made on the basis of fecal exams, and normal animals have >lots of clostridia. There are two ways to properly diagnose this >condition > > 1) demonstration of the toxin in the stool > 2) biopsy or autopsy specimens showing the organsima and > characteristic necrosis in the affected gut. >True clostridiosis is a very severe disease, and rapidly results in >death in most animals. > >With kindest regards, >Bruce Williams, DVM and others such as: http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG6286 http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG7489 http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG12861 This was a suggested grouping of things some people needed to study further with brief notes from a ferret vet text: http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL595 In BFFs: http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL2152 Go look more widely yourselves, too. 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 "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) [Posted in FML 6759]
