Presenting Problem: Dyspnea in Ferrets

This presenting problem article reviews the basic approach to the dyspneic ferret beginning with clinical signs of the dyspneic ferret, key points of urgent care, as well as case management. This latter section reviews tips on taking the history, performing the physical exam, important differential diagnoses, as well as the diagnostic/therapeutic approach . . .


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Further reading

Bezos J, Álvarez-Carrión B, Rodríguez-Bertos A, et al. Evidence of disseminated infection by Mycobacterium avium subspecies hominissuis in a pet ferret (Mustela putorius furo). Res Vet Sci 109:52-55, 2016.

Desmarchelier M, Lair S, Dunn M, Langlois I. Primary hyperaldosteronism in a domestic ferret with an adrenocortical adenoma. J Am Vet Med Assoc 233(8):1297-1301, 2008.

DuVal-Hudelson KA. Coccidiomycosis in three European ferrets. J Zoo Wildl Med 21(3):353-357, 1990.

Lenhard A. Blastomycosis in a ferret. J Am Vet Med Assoc 186(1):70-72, 1985.

Malik R, Martin P, McGill J, et al. Successful treatment of invasive nasal cryptococcosis in a ferret. Aust Vet J 78(3):158-159, 2000.

Williams J. What is your diagnosis? J Am Vet Med Assoc 217(11):1625-1626, 2000.

Wylie SE, Kelman M, Ward MP. Epidemiology and clinical presentation of canine distemper disease in dogs and ferrets in Australia, 2006-2014. Aust Vet J 94(7):15-22, 2016.

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