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To the resident Vets:
Our ferret Bambi, a three year old female, last week developed jaundice. We
took her to our vet and his diagnosis was a disfunction of the liver. He
did blood work and urinalysis and prescribed the following medications.
Baytril 22.7 mg 1/4 tablet twice a day
APO-Prednisone 5mg 1/4 tablet once a day
Low protein feed, and 1/4 Felo-bit vitamin tablet once daily
Her skin tone has become very yellow, and although she is still active and
eating and drinking normally, she is urinating very frequently and in large
amounts.
We are following this regimen faithfully and are hoping for the best. Our
only questions are, is this a common problem that you have dealt with before
and, do you have any further ideas as to what we could do to help in this
situation. Any comments would be much appreciated as we are really
distraught and are looking for any help we can get.
Thanks in Advance
The results of her blood work are as follows:
Biochemistry
comments on sample-Icteric
all values in International (metric) units
A/G ratio .5
Albumin 20
Alk. Phos. 930
ALT 1604
Amylase 14
AST 235
Bilirubin T. 559
Bilirubin C. 378
Bilirubin Free 181
Calcium 2.16
Chloride 105
Cholesterol 10.4
CK 210
Creatinine '
Glucose 4.5
Phosphorus 2.02
Potassium 4.3
Protein (serum) 59
Sodium 145
Urea 9.3
Gamma GT 229
Hematology
WBC 8.0
RBC 8.50
Hemoglobin 140
PCV 0.45
MCV 52
Differential %
Neutrophils 56.0
Lymphocytes 33.0
Monocytes 1.0
Eocinophils 10.0
RBC Morphology
Target Cells occ.
Platelet Estimate normal
Shift Platelets -ve
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Cathy and Don Ruetten
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[Posted in FML issue 1542]
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