Ferrets
Few laboratory animals are pure carnivores, but the ferret is one such animal. It can be suitable for investigating, e.g. metabolism and the coupling to digestion.
Ferrets also contract certain infections that are unusual among other animal species. When researchers found that a bacterium, helicobacter pylori, contributes to ulcers in humans, ferrets played an important role as laboratory animals.
Ferrets are also used in research on the brain and nervous system
Ferrets are also used in research on the brain and nervous system
Text: Karin Nordin
References
- John Bräutigam, veterinarian, Swedish Board of Agriculture
- Helena Elofsson, Fil. Dr. Zoology, Swedish Board of Agriculture
- Anne Halldén Waldemarson, University veterinarian at Karolinska Institutet
- Torgny Jeneskog, University veterinarian at Umeå university
- Karl-Gustav Jacobsson, University veterinarian at Uppsala university
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