{"topic_id":"evidence_exotic_ferret_nutrition","category":"evidence","context":"---\ntopic_id: evidence_exotic_ferret_nutrition\ncategory: evidence\ntitle: \"Pet ferret (Mustela putorius furo) — diet & nutrition / nutritional physiology — representative studies (Europe PMC)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Europe PMC REST search (europepmc.org), curated pet-ferret nutrition query, pulled 2026-07-22\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_exotic_ferret_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 220\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 15\n  passed: 15\n  date: 2026-07-22\n---\n\n# Pet ferret (Mustela putorius furo) — diet & nutrition / nutritional physiology — representative studies (Europe PMC)\nSource: Europe PMC REST search (curated), 2026-07-22. 3 representative studies on pet ferret nutrition / nutritional physiology (filtered to exclude ferret-as-model-organism virology/neuro papers).\n\n1. PMID 37625942 — An Update on Key Nutritional Factors in Ferret Nutrition. (The veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice, 2024). Abstract (opening): It is understood that ferrets are obligate carnivores. Constraints of manufacturing and cost make it difficult to align a single commercial diet to meet all physiological needs of \n2. PMID 37958109 — Characterization and Description of the Fecal Microbiomes of Pet Domestic Ferrets ( (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023). Abstract (opening): The domestic ferret (\n3. PMID 38828210 — Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Domestic Ferret Suffering from Chronic Diarrhea and Maldigestion-Fecal Microbiota and Clinical Outcome: A Case Report. (Veterinary medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2024). Abstract (opening): This case report describes the effects of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) administered via enema in a 4-year-old spayed, champagne Domestic Ferret (\n\nNote: study selection and synthesis are left to the API consumer; this topic only surfaces primary sources with verbatim abstract openings.\n\nSource text: `pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_exotic_ferret_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt` (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":340,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}