>From: Lynn Siegel <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Reply to Zen-Re: IBD in Utah kids > > Perhaps you don't take IBD seriously enough. I am quite sure you do not know why that is definitely not true. The disease hits quite close to me. Closer than most know; possibly closer even than many who think they know. I have very strong reason to be concerned about the claim that IBD can be a precursor to lymphoma. It is because I do take IBD and it's cousin, Crohn's, quite seriously that I wonder that too many are misdiagnosing the disease all of a sudden. I have discussed this with others involved in sheltering. I believe at lesat one vet is also concerned about the rash of this disease being diagnosed. ECE has a longer history here on the East coast. The shelter that might have been the main start of the disease in the US is not far from here. I do not recall there being a lot of cases of what seem to be IBD arising in the ferrets that survived the disease. Sukie's take on it be a catchall type diagnosis when no specific disease comes to mind is perhaps right on target and a better statement of what I actually meant and should have said. I have read part of Dr. Williams article - part because it seems to have disappeared while I was reading it. He seems to have changed his mind since we first talked to him about this almost ten years ago. [Posted in FML issue 3886]