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Table 9-16

Zoonotic Diseases in Rodents. 74

Species

Chinchilla

Potential Zoonotic Disease

Giardia duodenalis; Listeria monocytogenes

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM); rare

Dermatophytes (Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum canis, M. gypseum)

Gerbil

Salmonellosis; rare

Hymenolepis nana; rare

Guinea

pig

Allergies (cutaneous and respiratory) to dander and urinary proteins

Bordetella, salmonellosis, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Streptococcus; rare

Dermatophyte (Trichophyton mentagrophytes)

Sarcoptic mites (Trixacarus caviae, Sarcoptes scabei)

Hamster

Salmonellosis, Acinetobacter

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM); rare

Dermatophytes (Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum spp.)

Hymenolepis nana

Mouse

Allergies (cutaneous and respiratory) to dander and urinary proteins

Salmonellosis; rare

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM); rare

Prairie

dog

Clostridium piliforme, Pasteurella multocida, salmonellosis, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis,

Y. pestis, Y. enterocolitica

Hantavirus (wild-caught), rabies virus (wild-caught)

Dermatophytes (Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum gypseum)

Various ectoparasites (mites, fleas, lice)

Rat

Allergies (cutaneous and respiratory) to dander and urinary proteins

Leptospirosis, salmonellosis, cestodiasis, streptococcal infection

Seoul virus (hantavirus; hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome), sylvatic

plague (vector: rat fleas), St. Louis encephalitis (vector: Liponyssus sylviarum),

rat bite fever (Streptobacillus moniliformis)

Table 9-17

Disease Testing in Rodents. 21 695

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