Infectious Agents Commonly Tested for in Laboratory Rodents
Agent (common abbreviation) | Description | Species |
|---|---|---|
Fungi | ||
Encephalitozoon cuniculi (E cun) | Sporozoan parasite of rabbits and rodents | Mice, rats |
Bacteria | ||
Clostridium piliforme (C pil) | Agent of Tyzzer disease | Mice, rats |
Filobacterium rodentium (F rodentium) (formerly cilia-associated–respiratory bacillus [CARB]) | Bacterial respiratory pathogen of rodents and rabbits | Mice, rats |
Mycoplasma pulmonis (M pul) | Agent of mouse and rat pulmonary mycoplasmosis | Mice, rats |
Viruses | ||
Ectromelia virus (ECT) (see ) | A mouse poxvirus | Mice |
Hantaan virus (HANT) | A zoonotic hantavirus of rats; two different disease states in humans: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). | Rats |
Kilham rat virus (KRV) | A rat parvovirus | Rats |
Lactate dehydrogenase–elevating virus (LDEV) | A mouse arterivirus | Mice |
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) | A zoonotic arenavirus | Mice, rats |
Minute virus of mice (MVM, MMV) | A mouse parvovirus | Mice |
Mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV) | A mouse herpesvirus | Mice |
Mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) (see ) | A mouse coronavirus | Mice |
Mouse parvovirus (MPV) | A mouse parvovirus | Mice |
Mouse pneumonitis virus (K-virus) | A mouse papovavirus | Mice |
Mouse thymic virus (MTV) | A mouse herpesvirus | Mice |
Murine norovirus (MNV) | A mouse calicivirus | Mice |
Murine polyomavirus (MPyV) | A mouse polyomavirus | Mice |
Pneumonia virus of mice (PVM) | A rodent pneumovirus | Mice, rats |
Rat theilovirus (RTV) | A rat picornavirus | Rats |
Reovirus type 3 (Reo3) | A rodent reovirus | Mice, rats |
Rodent adenovirus strain 1 (MAdV-1) | Mouse adenovirus, rodent adenovirus strain 1 (FL) | Mice, rats |
Rodent adenovirus strain 2 (MAdV-2) | Mouse adenovirus, rodent adenovirus strain 2 (K87) | Mice |
Sendai virus (SeV) (see ) | A type 1 paramyxovirus | Mice, rats |
Sialodacryoadenitis virus (SDAV) | A rat coronavirus | Rats |
Theiler murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV [GDVII]) | Mouse poliovirus, strain GDVII | Mice |
Toolan H-1 virus (TH-1) | A rat parvovirus | Rats |
Parasites | ||
Myobia musculi, Myocoptes musculinus, Radfordia affinis, Radfordia ensifera (fur mites) | Ectoparasites that inhabit fur | Mice, rats |
Syphacia obvelata, Syphacia muris, Aspiculuris tetraptera (pinworms) | Endoparasites that inhabit the cecum and colon | Mice, rats |