{"topic_id":"exotic_ferret_insulinoma","category":"exotic-pet-health","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_ferret_insulinoma\ncategory: exotic-pet-health\ntitle: \"Ferret insulinoma — pancreatic beta-cell tumors causing hypoglycemia, very common >2–3 years\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Ferret insulinoma — pancreatic beta-cell tumors causing hypoglycemia, very common >2–3 years\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_ferret_insulinoma.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 220\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Ferret insulinoma — pancreatic beta-cell tumors causing hypoglycemia, very common >2–3 years\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/ferrets/endocrine-disorders-of-ferrets\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n# Ferret insulinoma\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> Insulinomas are very common in ferrets >2–3 years old.\n> These functional tumors of the pancreatic beta cells are usually small (0.5–2 mm)\n> result in hypoglycemia due to excessive, uncontrolled insulin secretion.\n> An important feature in ferrets with an insulinoma is that the clinical signs often resolve after the ferret has eaten some food.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_ferret_insulinoma.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Insulinomas are very common in ferrets >2–3 years old.`\n- `These functional tumors of the pancreatic beta cells are usually small (0.5–2 mm)`\n- `result in hypoglycemia due to excessive, uncontrolled insulin secretion.`\n- `An important feature in ferrets with an insulinoma is that the clinical signs often resolve after the ferret has eaten some food.`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-health — Ferret insulinoma — pancreatic beta-cell tumors causing hypoglycemia, very common >2–3 years (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-health","title":"Ferret insulinoma — pancreatic beta-cell tumors causing hypoglycemia, very common >2–3 years","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/ferrets/endocrine-disorders-of-ferrets","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_ferret_insulinoma.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_ferret_insulinoma.txt","tokens_estimated":220,"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."}