Addendum for those who are on web tv who just wrote and asked for certain zoo abstracts (two from yesterday's refs): > J Zoo Wildl Med. 2002 Mar;33(1):83-4. > >Positive effects of diet change on shedding of Salmonella spp. in the >feces of captive felids. > >Lewis CE, Bemis DA, Ramsay EC. Department of Comparative Medicine, >College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee 37901-1071, USA. > >A high prevalence of fecal Salmonella shedding in a collection of >healthy exotic felids precipitated a change to two new commercially >available feline diets. One year after initiation of the new diets, >18 fecal samples from individual felines, their exhibits, and >representative samples of the diets were cultured for Salmonella spp. >Only one culture grew a Salmonella sp. Salmonella uganda was cultured >from the feces of one snow leopard (Felis uncia). Feeding a diet with >minimal to no Salmonella contamination lowered Salmonella shedding >rates in this collection of captive exotic felids. >PMID: 12216800 >J Wildl Dis. 2001 Jul;37(3):617-20. > >Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection in captive black-footed >ferrets. > >Bradley GA, Orr K, Reggiardo C, Glock RD. >Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, The University >of Arizona, Tucson 85705, USA. [log in to unmask] > >Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli with genes for heat stabile toxins >Sta and STb was isolated from the gastrointestinal tract and multiple >visceral organs of three adult and three juvenile black- footed >ferrets (Mustela nigripes) that died in a captive breeding colony >between 24 May 1998 and 2 July 1998. Similar isolates were obtained >from rectal swabs of one adult and one juvenile that were clinically >ill. All were fed a diet composed of mink chow, raw rabbit meat, beef >liver powder, blood meal and lard. Escherichia coli of the same toxin >genotype was isolated from the mixed ration. Clinical signs included >sudden death, dehydration, anorexia and diarrhea. Necropsy lesions >included acute enteritis with large numbers of rod shaped bacteria >microscopically visible on intestinal villi. Suggestion to see the rest if you later decide you want them, too: your local library can help you. I am glad that some people actually bother to read references instead of just asking for them. You made my day! Sukie (not a vet) Reminder: THE FERRET HEALTH LIST IS MOVING. To join, click on the joining link at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth and then follow the directions. OR just send a blank mail to the automated joining address: [log in to unmask] and then follow the directions. 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/ [Posted in FML 5427]