Ferret care and husbandry

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-255

  Bixler, Heather ^a   Ellis, Christine ^a  

^a Midwest Bird/Exotic Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADVANTAGE; BUPRENORPHINE; BUTORPHANOL TARTRATE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FERVAC D; FIPRONIL; FRONTLINE TOP SPOT; GLUCOSE; IMRAB 3; IMRAB 3 TF; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PUREVAX FERRET DISTEMPER; RABIES VACCINE; REVOLUTION; SELAMECTIN; VACCINE;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; DIARRHEA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEMALE; FERRET; FLUID INTAKE; GROOMING; HAIR LOSS; HEART DISEASE; HEAT STROKE; HOSPITALIZATION; INSULINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SPLENOMEGALY; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; VACCINATION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VOMITING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 2442585402     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2004.02.002     Document Type: Review

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