Course program:
Lesson 1. Introduction to Ferret Medicine (Herbivorous Ferrets/Miropods).
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Feeding and Maintenance
Lesson 2. Ferret Visit
- Clinical Examination Rules
- History Taking
- Preventive and Therapeutic Procedures
Lesson 3. Diagnostics in Ferret Medicine
- Understanding Differential Diagnoses, Which Tests to Use and When?
- Laboratory Diagnostics (Blood Tests, Fecal Analysis, Urine Analysis, and Others)
- Basics of Visual Diagnostics in Ferret Medicine That Every Exotic Animal Specialist Should Know (Ultrasound, Radiography, CT/MRI)
Lesson 4. Introduction to Ferret Internal Medicine (Herbivorous Ferrets/Miropods) - Gastrointestinal Tract
- Gastrointestinal stasis, obstruction, gastric tympania, gastritis, hepatitis, bacterial and viral gastrointestinal pathologies
- Clinical signs
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
Lesson 5. Dental problems (herbivorous ferrets/murine-like ferrets).
- Pathogenesis of dental disease
- Methods for making an accurate diagnosis
- Treatment, prevention, prognosis
Lesson 6. Introduction to internal medicine in ferrets (herbivorous ferrets/murine-like ferrets) - Respiratory system.
- What do we encounter during a consultation?
- Clinical signs
- Differential diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
Lesson 7. Introduction to internal medicine in ferrets (herbivorous ferrets/murine-like ferrets) - Urinary system.
- What do we encounter during a consultation?
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical signs
- Differential diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
Lesson 8. Introduction to ferret Internal Medicine (Herbivorous ferrets/Muridae) – Dermatology.
- What do we encounter during a consultation?
- Clinical signs
- Differential diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
Lesson 9. Soft Tissue Surgery
- Anesthesia (selecting anesthesia protocol, patient monitoring)
- Principles of surgery in rodent medicine
- Basic surgical interventions in ferrets
Lesson 10. Critical Conditions
- Acute situations (dyspnea, obstruction, heatstroke, trauma, seizures, ketoacidosis, alkalosis/acidosis)
- First aid and inpatient treatment to stabilize the patient
- Cardiovascular Resuscitation (CPR)
Practical Part
1. Examination Procedure
2. Fixation.
3. Injection technique: subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous
4. Blood sampling from peripheral veins (various methods)
5. Blood sampling from the cranial vena cava.
6. Insertion of an intravenous and intravenous catheter.
7. Dental examination.