Contributor: Jennifer Graham, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), DABVP (Exotic Companion Mammal Practice), DACZM

Jennifer Graham, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), DABVP (Exotic Companion Mammal Practice), DACZM

Jennifer Graham graduated from Auburn University in 1999. She completed an avian/exotic internship at the University of Georgia at Athens followed by a 3-year residency in avian/exotic animal medicine at the University of California at Davis. Dr. Graham worked at Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston from 2006-2012 and she ran the Zoological Companion Animal Medicine Service at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University from 2012-2022. Dr. Graham consults on zoological companion animal cases through Moichor, University of Miami, and Zoetis, while also running her own consulting business through Graham Veterinary Consulting…

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Lymphoma in the Ferret: An Overview of Diagnosis and Treatment

Lymphoma is one of the most commonly diagnosed diseases in the domestic ferret. Hemolymphatic tumors are the third most common neoplasm described in ferrets, with lymphoma representing from 8.6% to 19.3% of ferret neoplasms in retrospective studies. Ferrets of any age or sex can be affected, with lymphoma described in patients as young as 2 months. A recent retrospective found 5 years as the median age of diagnosis in ferrets treated for lymphoma, and was the same for small, intermediate, and large cell lymphomas…