Chapter 005, Zoonoses and Occupational Health [Format Kindle] Author: Mark Suckow | Language: English | ISBN:
B00DC1HTOY | Format: PDF, EPUB
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NOTE: This is a single chapter excerpted from the book The Laboratory Rabbit, Guinea Pig, Hamster, and Other Rodents, made available for individual purchase. Additional chapters, as well as the entire book, may be purchased separately.
This chapter reviews zoonoses that can be acquired from handling hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, and other miscellaneous rodent species. The risk of acquiring a disease from many types of laboratory animals has decreased because most laboratory animals are now produced with defined microbiologic profiles but there are still instances when wild animals or field-collected animals are required for research. The use of wild rodents or field-collected rodents may expose the research staff to diseases that have been excluded, if not eliminated, from research colonies. Some of these diseases require vectors for the transmission to humans while others can be directly transmitted. The control of vectors such as biting insects can effectively limit the spread of some vector-transmitted diseases. For some parasitic diseases, humans can serve as an intermediate host; for others humans are the final host of the parasite. In the latter case, the elimination of the intermediate host should prevent the complete lifecycle and protect the laboratory animal worker. Knowledge about the transmission of the disease plays an important part in effectively reducing the risk of the pathogen. The focus here is to review diseases that might be present in research animals and might be transmitted to immunocompetent research staff during experiments. Finally, allergic reactions to laboratory animals are discussed in the chapter because exposure to animal allergens represents a significant risk to personnel who handle animals.
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