Hyperadrenocorticism in a Ferret
August 1987
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TLDR The ferret had hyperadrenocorticism and other health issues like heart, liver, and kidney problems.
A 7-year-old male ferret exhibited progressive, bilaterally symmetric hair loss, along with symptoms such as severe dehydration, polydipsia, muffled heart sounds, weak femoral pulses, hepatomegaly, lethargy, weakness, temporal muscular atrophy, and dyspnea. Blood tests showed profound leukopenia, eosinopenia, and elevated levels of phosphorus, BUN, creatinine, potassium, and aspartate transaminase, with low albumin concentration. The serum cortisol concentration was 8.1 micrograms/dl. Necropsy and histological analysis confirmed hyperadrenocorticism, complicated by dilatative cardiomyopathy, chronic active hepatitis, and renal disease.
