QUOTE Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2013 Jan;16(1):121-44. doi: 10.1016/j.cvex.2012.10.003. Diagnosis of liver disease in domestic ferrets (mustela putorius). Huynh M, Laloi F. Source Exotic Department, Centre Hospitalier Veterinaire Fregis, 43 Avenue Aristide Briand, Arcueil 94110, France. Abstract Liver disease in ferrets is often subclinical and underdiagnosed. Clinical pathology and diagnostic imaging are needed to guide clinicians but definite diagnosis is based on histopathologic lesions. Inflammatory digestive conditions can lead to ascending tract infection and hepatobiliary inflammation. Ferrets have a specific sensitivity to hepatic lipidosis. Incidence of hepatic neoplasia is high in ferrets. After a summary of anatomy and physiology of the ferret liver, hepatic diseases known in ferret species are reviewed with their subsequent diagnostic procedures. Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. PMID: 23347541 [PubMed - in process] END QUOTE Sukie (not a vet) Ferrets make the world a game. Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ 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) A nation is as free as the least within it. [Posted in FML 7684]