Exotics Suspect Infectious Diseases Chart

This page shows a chart listing the infectious diseases for the species, housing, zoonoses potential, and links to further information.

Suspect Disease, Exotics	Zoonotic	Contact log	Route	Species	Systems	Housing
Antimicrobial resistant infections	✔		Contact with wounds or draining	All	Skin, urinary, GI, neuro	As indicated by circumstances /SOP
Blastomycosis	✔		Soil, inhalation, scratch, wound, dressing on lesion	All	Skin, respiratory	Normal – wear gloves to handle
Brucellosis	✔		Body fluids (urine, semen, vaginal secretions)	All	Urinary, reproductive, wounds	Restriction, isolation if draining tracts are apparent
Canine Distemper			Aerosol droplets, surface contact	Ferrets	Respiratory, neurologic	Isolation
Cheyletiellosis	✔		Contact with hair, dander, brushes, other	Rabbits	Skin, hair	Restriction
Coccidiodomycosis			Direct contact with infected fluids, dressing	All	Skin, respiratory	Restriction
Cryptosporidiosis	✔		Fecal oral	All	GI	Isolation-small animal
Dermatophytosis	✔		Hair, dander, fomites- bedding, linens,	All	Skin	Isolation
Giardiasis	✔		Fecal oral	All	GI	Restriction
Leptospirosis	✔	Yes login required	Body secretions, urine, blood	All	GI, urinary	Restriction
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis	✔		Aerosol droplets	Rodents	Neuro	Isolation
Mycobacteriosis	✔		Direct contact, aerosol droplets	Birds, Small mammals, Fish		Normal
Ornithosis/Chlamydiosis	✔		Aerosol droplets, environmental surfaces	Birds	Respiratory	Isolation
Rabies	✔	Yes login required	Bites, scratch	All mammals	Neuro	Restriction
Rat Bite Fever	✔		Bites, Saliva, Urine	Rodents	Blood	Restriction
Reovirus			Aerosol, fecal oral, environmental surfaces, fomites	Rodents	GI	Isolation
Salmonellosis	✔		Fecal oral, environmental surfaces	All	GI	Isolation
Sialodacryoedenitis			Aerosol, nasal secretions	Rodents	Neuro	Isolation