Evidence: Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) nutrition
Source: Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search — first-hand peer-reviewed abstract records, pulled 2026-08-01. Queries covered nutrient requirements, diet formulation, supplementation and deficiency for Mustela putorius furo. The cluster returns 2 representative nutrition studies with abstracts below. Abstract text is verbatim from source; each study is traceable by PMID.
Studies
- PMID 42036348 (2026, The Journal of veterinary medical science) — Lobular dissecting hepatitis-like chronic hepatitis with bacterial chronic cholangitis in a ferret (Mustela putorius furo).. Abstract (opening): A 1-year-3-month-old neutered female ferret presented with anorexia, weight loss, and increased liver enzymes and total bile acids. On day 49 of illness, neurologic signs appeared, necessitating humane euthanasia. Macroscopically, the liver was pale yellow with an irregular surface, and two tortuous shunt vessels from the cranial mesenteric vein to the caudal vena cava were observed cranial to the left kidney. Microscopically, single or a few hepatocytes were demarcated by reticular and collagen fibers with an extensive ductular reaction throughout all liver lobes. Bacterial chronic cholangitis was observed. Bilaterally symmetrical spongy degeneration was observed in the brain nuclei. Collectively, the present case showed lobular dissecting hepatitis-like chronic hepatitis with chronic cholangitis, accompanied by an acquired portosystemic shunt and hepatic encephalopathy. *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42036348/
- PMID 42121807 (2026, Animals : an open access journal from MDPI) — Reference Interval Determination for Digital Rectal Temperature in Healthy Ferrets (<i>Mustela putorius furo</i>).. Abstract (opening): While digital rectal thermometry is commonly used for assessing health and identifying illness in ferrets, there is little evidence to support frequently cited ranges of normal rectal temperature in this species. The objective of this study was to establish a reference interval for digital rectal temperature in healthy ferrets (<i>Mustela putorius furo</i>). Rectal temperatures were measured using digital rectal thermometry in 56 healthy ferrets greater than four months of age. The reference interval was established using robust methods for reference interval determination, in adherence with the recommendations of the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology and the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. The reference interval for digital rectal temperature of healthy ferrets greater than four months of age was determined to range from 38.1 °C (confidence interval [CI] = 37.9 to 38.3 °C; 100.6 °F [CI = 100.3 to 100.9 °F]) at the lower limit to 39.9 °C (CI = 39.8 to 40.1 °C; 103.9 °F [CI = 103.6 to 104.2 °F]) at the upper limit. This reference interval for digital rectal temperature (38.1-39.9 °C [100.6-103.9 °F]) will be valuable to clinicians both performing routine health assessments and treating clinically ill ferrets. *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42121807/
Source text: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_ferret_nutrition_2026-08-01.txt (Europe PMC first-hand abstracts, pulled 2026-08-01).
License & attribution
Mixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY / CC BY-NC / CC BY-NC-ND) studies are reproduced verbatim with attribution under their specific CC license; non-Open-Access studies are paraphrased as derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten). Original records:
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42036348/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41416836/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42121807/
Cleaning removal log (2026-08-05, codebuddy)
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