Background: Blastomycosis is an uncommon fungal infection endemic to certain parts of Eastern North America. Blastomycosis has been reported twice before in ferrets, but both cases died shortly after diagnosis. Case description: Two male neutered ferrets Mustela putorius furo from the same...

A domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo) was presented with lymphadenopathy and acute bilateral blindness. Cytologic evaluation and biopsy of an affected lymph node revealed pyogranulomatous lymphadenitis with intralesional yeast consistent with Cryptococcus sp. Subsequent studies demonstrated ...

A 34-month-old male, neutered ferret was referred to University of Wisconsin, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital Special Species Health Service with a 6-week history of dyspnea, coughing, lethargy, and weight loss. The patient was not responding to antibiotic therapy and his condition was...

Cryptococcus gattii is a pathogenic environmental yeast that is considered to be emerging in different areas of the world including the Mediterranean Basin. Exposure to infection might be more likely in animals than in human beings, given their closer relationship with the natural habitat of the...

Bilateral exudative chorioretinitis was diagnosed in an 18-month-old male neutered ferret (Mustela putorius furo) with a generalized Cryptococcus gattii infection confirmed by PCR. The animal was referred to the Ophthalmology Service of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (VTH-UAB) for acute...

A case is reported in an 18-month-old female ferret (Mustela putorius furo), which presented with an ulcerated lesion of the left metacarpal pad. A tissue imprint of the forepad lesion demonstrated mononuclear phagocytes and broad-based budding yeasts consistent with Blastomyces dermatitidis. ...