Pathology in Practice

摘要

A 3-year-old spayed female ferret was evaluated at the Louisiana State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Clinics because of a 3-week history of weight loss, lethargy, decreased appetite, nonproductive hacking cough, and abnormal feces (described by the owner as softer than normal for this ferret). On physical examination, the ferret was in poor body condition (body condition score, 2/5). It was bright, alert, and responsive but tachypneic (100 breaths/min). Findings of abdominal palpation were suggestive of a possible abdominal mass and splenomegaly.