from either Siberian or European polecat

Whippet or bulldog

●Adult weight 1-2 kg with males larger

●Life span 5-11 years

●Temp 101-104

●HR 200-400/min, RR 33-36/min

●Do not have sweat glands

●Sexing-male has preputial opening on ventral abdomen, female genital opening located ventral to anus

●Used in research to study human heliobacter, influenza, endocrinology, toxicology and reproductive physiology

●Seasonally polyestrus, induced ovulators

●Gestation 41-43 days

●Litter size 1-18 kits-avg 8

●Distemper-serial until 13-14 weeks

●Rabies-annually starting at 3 months

●Heartworm test and put on preventative

Cephalic 

Lateral saphenous

Jugular 

●Coccidia

●Giardia

●Cryptosporidium

●Heartworm

●Ear Mites

●Fleas

●Sarcoptic mange