Ferrets Part II

Multiple Choice

What vaccines do ferrets receive?

• Ferret-specific distemper and rabies vaccines.

• Rabies and influenza vaccines.

• Ferret-specific tetanus, Bordetella, and whooping cough vaccines.

Multiple Choice

What is true re: vaccine reactions for ferrets?

• Vaccine reactions in ferrets are always severe and life-threatening.
• All vaccine reactions in ferrets are mild and harmless.
• Can happen up to 24 hours post vaccine.

Multiple Select

What are signs of distemper in ferrets?

Choose 4.

• Photophobia

• Ataxia

• Hyperkeratosis of the footpads.

• Excessive grooming and fur loss
• Mucopurulent eye and nose discharge.

Multiple Select

What are common sites for IM injections in ferrets?

Choose 4

• Semitendinosus

• Lumbodorsal

• Gluteals

• Quadriceps

• Triceps

Multiple Choice

Where in the ferret thoracic cavity is the heart best auscultated?

• At the thoracic inlet

• Between ribs 5-6

• Between ribs 6-8

• At the last rib

Multiple Select

Which of the following is true, regarding ferrets and anesthesia?

Choose 2.

• Prone to hyperthermia.

• Little to no pain control is required, as they are very stoic.

• Prone to hypothermia.

• Should have pain control for even minor procedures

Multiple Choice

What is true regarding ferrets and declaw surgeries?

• Ferrets should not undergo declaw surgeries.
• Declawing is a common practice for ferrets.
• Ferrets can safely undergo declaw surgeries.

Multiple Choice

What conditions can anorexic ferrets develop?

• Spontaneous combustion and polycythemia

• Low blood sugar and fatty liver disease

• Anemia and water intoxication

Draw

Can you reach the center of the maze?

If I show you a picture of a hairless ferret on a test and ask what condition it likely has, it's this!
Not just "alopecia"...

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Influenza is a ​

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disease in ferrets.

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respiratory

systemic

bacterial

Multiple Select

Influenza virus can resemble ferret distemper infection. How do these infections differ from each other?

Choose 2.

• Distemper is self-limiting, and most ferrets will recover with supportive care. Influenza is almost 100% fatal.

• Distemper has thickening of the footpads, influenza does not.

• Distemper does not have mucopurulent nose and eye discharge, while influenza does.

• No chin, lip, or anal lesions with influenza.

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While potentially fatal, with proper supportive care, most ferrets can fully recover from canine distemper virus.

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True

False

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While potentially fatal, with proper supportive care, most ferrets can fully recover from influenza.

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True

False

Multiple Choice

Young, inquisitive ferrets are more prone to...

• excessive sleeping
• aggressive behavior
• intestinal obstruction

Multiple Choice

Pawing at the mouth is a sign of _________ in ferrets.

• hunger
• nausea

• thirst
• excitement

Multiple Choice

What is bruxism?

• A type of voluntary vomiting.

• Foaming at the mouth.

• A dental disease caused by cavities.

• Grinding or clenching of teeth.

Multiple Choice

Bilateral alopecia along abdomen and tail are a tell-tale sign of what disease in ferrets?

• Cushing's disease

• Lymphoma
• Insulinoma
• Adrenal disease

Multiple Choice

Green, mucuc-coated stool +/- bloody diarrhea is a sign of which disease in ferrets?

• Disseminated idiopathy myofascitis

• Epizootic catarrhal enteritis

• Canine distemper virus

Match

Match the clinical sign to the neoplasia

• Very low blood glucose levels

• Bilateral alopecia along abdomen and tail

• Low-grade signs of illness in older ferrets

Insulinoma

Adrenal tumour

Lymphoma

• Insulinoma

• Adrenal tumour

• Lymphoma

Multiple Choice

What is the most common tumour in ferrets?

• Adrenal gland tumours
• Mast cell tumours
• Insulinoma

• Lymphoma

Match

Match the following ferret diseases to their common clinical signs:

• Severe inflammation of the muscles and surrounding fascia.

• Mucopurulent nasal and ocular discharge, fever, slight dehydration.

• Green, mucus coated stool to bloody diarrhea.

• ­Mucopurulent ocular and nasal discharge, crusty face and eyelids, hyperkeratosis of the footpads, photophobia.

Disseminated Idiopathic Myofascitis

Influenza

Epizootic Catarrhal Enteritis

Canine Distemper

Adrenal disease

• Disseminated Idiopathic Myofascitis

• Influenza

• Epizootic Catarrhal Enteritis

• Canine Distemper

• Adrenal disease

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