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Congenital Peripheral Vestibular Syndrome in a Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo)
A 3-month-old intact female ferret (Mustela putorius furo) was presented with a 2-month history of ataxia. On physical examination, the ferret had difficulty standing upright. During the neurologic examination, the patient had a left head tilt and positional strabismus, circled to the left, and was...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7185825/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32362793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.jepm.2014.06.006 |
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author | Moya, Alfonso Mínguez, Juan J. Martorell, Jaime Gallinato, María J. Recio, Alfredo |
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description | A 3-month-old intact female ferret (Mustela putorius furo) was presented with a 2-month history of ataxia. On physical examination, the ferret had difficulty standing upright. During the neurologic examination, the patient had a left head tilt and positional strabismus, circled to the left, and was ataxic. Results of the complete blood count were consistent with a mild normocytic normochromic anemia. Initial treatment was supportive. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed and revealed an asymmetry of the inner ears. A brainstem auditory evoked response test was also performed. History, clinical signs, and diagnostic test results indicated that the ferret was suffering from congenital peripheral vestibular syndrome and left-sided deafness. Congenital disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of young ferrets with peripheral vestibular syndrome. Supportive care and physiotherapy can improve balance and motor function, leading to an acceptable quality of life. |
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spelling | pubmed-71858252020-04-28 Congenital Peripheral Vestibular Syndrome in a Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) Moya, Alfonso Mínguez, Juan J. Martorell, Jaime Gallinato, María J. Recio, Alfredo J Exot Pet Med Article A 3-month-old intact female ferret (Mustela putorius furo) was presented with a 2-month history of ataxia. On physical examination, the ferret had difficulty standing upright. During the neurologic examination, the patient had a left head tilt and positional strabismus, circled to the left, and was ataxic. Results of the complete blood count were consistent with a mild normocytic normochromic anemia. Initial treatment was supportive. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed and revealed an asymmetry of the inner ears. A brainstem auditory evoked response test was also performed. History, clinical signs, and diagnostic test results indicated that the ferret was suffering from congenital peripheral vestibular syndrome and left-sided deafness. Congenital disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of young ferrets with peripheral vestibular syndrome. Supportive care and physiotherapy can improve balance and motor function, leading to an acceptable quality of life. Elsevier Inc. 2014-07 2014-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7185825/ /pubmed/32362793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.jepm.2014.06.006 Text en Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Moya, Alfonso Mínguez, Juan J. Martorell, Jaime Gallinato, María J. Recio, Alfredo Congenital Peripheral Vestibular Syndrome in a Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) |
title | Congenital Peripheral Vestibular Syndrome in a Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) |
title_full | Congenital Peripheral Vestibular Syndrome in a Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) |
title_fullStr | Congenital Peripheral Vestibular Syndrome in a Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) |
title_full_unstemmed | Congenital Peripheral Vestibular Syndrome in a Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) |
title_short | Congenital Peripheral Vestibular Syndrome in a Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) |
title_sort | congenital peripheral vestibular syndrome in a domestic ferret (mustela putorius furo) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7185825/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32362793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.jepm.2014.06.006 |
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