http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/1396 >Black and fatty lung? Well, that is an unusual gross assessment. A >diffiuse black color is usually the result of blood - hemorrhage or >severe congestion. Torson (twisting) of a lung lobe can do it, but >haven't ever seen that in a ferret (certainly not to say it couldn't >happen as it does in dogs and cats). Of it could be marked collection >of blood (lividity) if there was a significant time lapse betweeen >death and necropsy. The fatty part is a bit more difficult to >understand - fat is usually not a major component of the lung >tissue. Older animals can have lipid deposits in subpleural alveoli >(endogenous lipid pneumonia) but these are an incidental finding and >usually appear as small dots. > >The gross description of black and fatty doesn't really jibe with >anything I would expect in this animal - I am hopeful that samples >were submitted for histopath. (by Bruce Williams, DVM) brought to the FML by FHL co-moderator, Sukie (not a vet) Current FHL address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth 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/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5536]
