A four-year old castrated male ferret (Mustela putorius furo) was presented with a 1-week history of gastrointestinal signs. The ultrasonographic findings showed mild right pelvic dilatation and hydroureter with obstruction at the ureterovesical junction. Conservative treatment resulted in clinical ...

A 47-day-old black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) kit was found dead in June 2016. Histologic examination revealed pyogranulomatous tubulointerstitial nephritis, pneumonia, and encephalitis, with intralesional microsporidia. Transmission electron microscopic examination showed microsporidia with...

In several domestic and wild animals' species, the Coronaviruses have been identified as the causative agent of respiratory, enteric or multisystem diseases, including pneumonia, enteritis, hepatitis, reproductive disease, polyserositis, encephalomyelitis, and nephritis. Bovine, horses, swine,...

Female and male ferrets are subject to a number of disorders related to the genitourinary system. The females (jills) are particularly susceptible to a variety of endocrine disorders that affect the reproductive and urinary tract. This chapter discusses etiology, epizootiology and prevention,...

Aleutian disease virus (ADV, Amdovirus, Parvoviridae) primarily infects farmed mustelids (mink and ferrets) but also other fur-bearing animals and humans. Three Aleutian disease (AD) cases have been described in captive striped skunks; however, little is known about the relevance of AD in...

Two sexually intact female silver-shaded domestic ferret siblings from different litters were examined because of CNS depression and lethargy. Ferret 1 was dehydrated and hypothermic, whereas ferret 2 was icteric and febrile and had serum bilirubin concentration > 12.0 mg/dl and BUN of 59 mg/dl....

A 9-month-old, female ferret was referred for basic vaccination after having been spayed 8 weeks before. A palpable oval mass was detected in the mid-abdomen. Diagnostic imaging revealed hydronephrosis of the left kidney with hydroureter. These findings resulted from inadvertent ligation of the...

The 15 adult ferrets of bodyweight 500 to 700 g got basal diet of tinned dog-food having zinc 27 and copper 3.3/106 wet weight, homogenized and given at about 170 g daily, with distilled water to drink. After 10 days 5 ferrets as controls continued on the basal diet alone and 3, 4 and 3 ferrets had ...