Normally, I do not repeat an entire message but this time I will.

The survey is for actual veterinary researchers. It is not just a
casual survey.

The data is from U.S. ferrets.

Most adopted ferrets can not be used (except those who were adopted
as kits or with their veterinary records) because the ferrets must
not have estimated ages, please, and it does not matter who did the
estimates. See the attached past message, please.

The age at onset needs to be when the veterinarian did the diagnosis,
not any non-veterinarian. See the attached past message, please.

Many thanks!

On Mar 19, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Sukie Crandall wrote:

>I am helping a researcher again by putting together some information.
>
>What I need is the known ages of ferrets at the onset of adrenal
>disease as diagnosed by the treating veterinarian. If you can give
>that age to the month that is great, but to the quarter year or half
>year can also certainly be useful.
>
>Known ages means that you know the ages pretty well. It does not have
>to be to the day, but they can not be estimated ages no matter who is
>doing the estimating. So, these will be ferrets you have had since
>they were kits, or ones you had join your family with documentation
>from their kithood (transferred veterinary files).
>
>Age at diagnosis by the treating veterinarian is pretty much
>self-explanatory. These are not the ages when a shelter person, or a
>someone on a website, or a friend, or you if you are not a
>veterinarian realized or decided there was adrenal disease but when
>the treating vet said that there was.
>
>Many thanks! I look forward to receiving your mails. They can be sent
>to any of the following three addresses:
> <[log in to unmask]>
> <[log in to unmask]>
> <[log in to unmask]>
> I had hoped to be able to do this second round of survey earlier than
>now but Steve and I have had ill human family members who are now
>doing much better.
>
>You may share this request with others who may be interested in
>replying.

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)
On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump
off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall)

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