Bacterial diseases
From Ferret
Bacterial diseases affect all animals and ferrets are no less immune or unique to their onslaught. They can cause varying ranges of illness from mild dermatitis to sepsis and death. Appropriate antimicrobial therapy should be based on isolation and culture and sensitivity of causative bacteria.
Common bacterial diseases in ferrets include:
| Bacteria | Disease |
| Alcaligenes xylosoxidans | gingivitis, zoonotic infection |
| Anaplasma spp | anemia |
| Bartonella spp | asymptomatic, possible anemia |
| Borrelia spp | anemia |
| Corynebacterium spp | gingivitis, abscesses |
| Chryseomonas spp | nephritis, pleuritis, purulent lymphadenitis |
| Desulfovibrio vulgaris | proliferative colitis |
| Escherichia spp | enterotoxigenic colitis |
| Francisella tularensis | Tularemia |
| Fusobacterium spp | gingivitis |
| Helicobacter mustelae | gastritis, gastric lymphoma |
| Lawsonia intracellularis | proliferative colitis |
| Leptospira spp | urinary tract disease, nephritis |
| Mycobacterium spp | tuberculosis |
| Pseudomonas spp | pleuropneumonia |
| Rothia spp | gingivitis |
