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Post by Nancy Park on Sept 25, 2011 14:51:23 GMT -8
Please post any useful links you have regarding information on using DES with ferrets.
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Post by Nancy Park on Sept 25, 2011 15:04:10 GMT -8
Some useful links:
See links re copied below, they all work now!
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Post by Nancy Park on Sept 25, 2011 15:10:10 GMT -8
This is a study by Dr. Nico Schoemaker. The full version is in PDF form. If anyone is interested in seeing this study please email me privately. It also can be purchased at this link at the upper right corner of the page for $15 from pubmed. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439664
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Post by mustelidmusk on Sept 27, 2011 18:15:14 GMT -8
The first set of links do not work because there is a space embedded in each of the links. If you select the entire string and remove the space all link work except for the first one. that's what sucks about links, tings change and the links no longer work -jennifer
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Post by Nancy Park on Sept 27, 2011 19:11:25 GMT -8
huh, copied right from an email that worked with the links, will have to see if I can fix it. If you copy and paste the links into your browser will they work?
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Post by Nancy Park on Sept 27, 2011 19:13:21 GMT -8
Sorry all, will work on getting this info up this week.
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Post by Nancy Park on Sept 27, 2011 19:53:29 GMT -8
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Post by Nancy Park on Sept 27, 2011 20:00:20 GMT -8
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Post by Nancy Park on Oct 3, 2011 17:34:49 GMT -8
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Post by mustelidmusk on Nov 25, 2012 10:02:00 GMT -8
The effects of surgical and chemical castration on intermale aggression, sexual behaviour and play behaviour in the male ferret (Mustela putorius furo) Link: ------ www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016815910800141XAbstract: ----- The ferret (Mustela putorius furo) has become an increasingly popular pet animal, yet little is known about their behaviour and welfare. Inter- and intra-specific aggression and the intense musky scent are the two main reasons why male ferrets are normally surgically castrated. However, it is this neutering that is thought to play an important role in the development of hyperadrenocorticism, a hyperfunctioning of the adrenal cortex due to neoplastic changes, a common disease in domestic ferrets. An alternative to surgical castration might be the slow releasing GnRH agonist deslorelin implant (chemical castration). The present study aimed to examine the effects of the deslorelin implant and surgical castration on the occurrence of intermale aggression, sexual behaviour and play behaviour in male ferrets. Therefore, 21 male domestic ferrets received either an implant containing deslorelin (n = 7), a placebo implant (n = 7), or were surgically castrated (n = 7). Our data showed that: (1) chemical castration with the GnRH agonist deslorelin results in a decrease in the occurrence of aggressive behaviour between male ferrets both in the presence and absence of a receptive female. In addition, our data showed that a deslorelin castration had more effect on the reduction of aggression than surgical castration; (2) sexually motivated behavioural patterns were reduced in the deslorelin and surgical castrated group in the male–female confrontation; (3) the deslorelin group, and to a lesser extent the surgically castrated group, had a higher incidence of play behaviour in comparison to intact males in the intermale confrontation tests. Therefore, deslorelin chemical castration is a suitable alternative for surgical castration, and may even be preferred due to the serious medical problems associated with surgical castration in ferrets. Especially the increase of play behaviour might be indicative for an improved welfare of the ferrets.
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