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|q1= What are your differential diagnoses for the alopecia?
 
|q1= What are your differential diagnoses for the alopecia?
|a1= Adrenocortical disease (hyperplasia or neoplasia) and hyperestrogenism are the most likely differential diagnoses.
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|a1= [[Adrenocortical Disease - Ferret|Adrenocortical disease]] (hyperplasia or neoplasia) and [[Hyperoestrogenism - Ferret|hyperestrogenism]] are the most likely differential diagnoses.
 
In the ferret, disease of the adrenal gland is not related to the pituitary as in other species. It is usually a disease of ferrets three years of age and older, although it has been reported in animals as young as 18 months. Ferrets affected with adrenal disease may be either intact or neutered. The alopecia in adrenocortical disease in the ferret is caused by an increased production of androgens rather than an increase in corticosteroids as in other animals. Some neutered female
 
In the ferret, disease of the adrenal gland is not related to the pituitary as in other species. It is usually a disease of ferrets three years of age and older, although it has been reported in animals as young as 18 months. Ferrets affected with adrenal disease may be either intact or neutered. The alopecia in adrenocortical disease in the ferret is caused by an increased production of androgens rather than an increase in corticosteroids as in other animals. Some neutered female
 
ferrets will exhibit an enlarged vulva as if in estrus in response to the abnormal androgen production.
 
ferrets will exhibit an enlarged vulva as if in estrus in response to the abnormal androgen production.
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A two-year-old ferret jill is dull, lethargic and has a generalised alopecia.

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