My first thought was that maybe it affects ferrets but I also had to think about vets and vet techs who treat ferrets, and my second was show judges, though it appears to be in many other things, too. Looking further, since Triclosan impairs excitation--contraction coupling and Ca2+ dynamics in striated muscle, this is very basic mechanism so it is LIKELY that it WILL also happen to other animals including ferrets. Doses of the chemical, called triclosan, needed to diminish muscle strength and blood flow in mice roughly matched those already measured in people in some parts of the United States, neurotoxicologist Isaac Pessah at the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and his colleagues report online August 13 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The report suggests that triclosan interferes with the movement of calcium into and out of cells. References: <http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/343045/title/Antibacterial_agent_can_weaken_muscle> http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.11200 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/08/08/1211314109 http://www.springerlink.com/content/h1717v26u4497151/ ****It is NOT in all antibacterial products.**** I just checked some here. Something we had been given had it but not the other products. Sukie (not a vet) Ferrets make the world a game. Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ 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) On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall) A nation is as free as the least within it. [Posted in FML 7519]
