PMID- 16931394 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070112 LR - 20131121 IS - 1094-9194 (Print) IS - 1094-9194 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 3 DP - 2006 Sep TI - Eosinophilic gastroenteritis in three ferrets. PG - 707-12 AB - Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is a rarely reported condition of ferrets. This article reviews three cases of suspected EGE in ferrets, summarizes the presenting signs, differential diagnoses, and treatment options, and discusses some question raised by this disease in ferrets. Immune suppression by means of prednisolone therapy is currently the treatment of choice. FAU - Carmel, Brendan AU - Carmel B AD - Warranwood Veterinary Centre, 1 Colman Road, Warranwood, 3134 Australia. mail@warranwoodvet.com LA - eng PT - Case Reports PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract JT - The veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice JID - 9815628 RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents) RN - 9PHQ9Y1OLM (Prednisolone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents/*therapeutic use MH - Diagnosis, Differential MH - Eosinophilia/diagnosis/drug therapy/pathology/*veterinary MH - *Ferrets MH - Gastroenteritis/diagnosis/drug therapy/pathology/*veterinary MH - Male MH - Prednisolone/*therapeutic use MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2006/08/26 09:00 MHDA- 2007/01/16 09:00 CRDT- 2006/08/26 09:00 PHST- 2006/08/26 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/01/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/08/26 09:00 [entrez] AID - S1094-9194(06)00059-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cvex.2006.05.026 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2006 Sep;9(3):707-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cvex.2006.05.026.