Simple technique for bleeding ferrets (Mustela putorius furo).
3-5 ml of blood can be obtained routinely from the tail of a conscious ferret without affecting the wellbeing of the animal. The development of this technique makes the ferret more readily available as an alternative species for multidose toxicity studies.
D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D002335:Carnivora / Q000097:blood*; D005289:Ferrets / Q000097:blood*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D013623:Tail / Q000098:blood supply