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WILD RODENTS

When working with wild rodents, you should be familiar with the following safe practices and potential health risks:

• Allergy to Animals

• Campylobacter

• Cowpox

• Enteric Bacteria

• Hantavirus

• Lyme Disease

• Personal Hygiene

• Plague

• Q Fever

• Salmonellosis

  

• Tularemia


The following sites provide further information on diseases in rodents:

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