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cord-026009-rdhuc2n2	Anderson, Nancy L.	Pet Rodents	2009-05-15		.txt	text/plain	14919	1443	58	This chapter provides information needed to diagnose and treat the most frequently encountered problems of mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, and chinchillas. • Diagnosis is based on clinical signs, history, visualization of parasite, skin scrape, and cellophane tape test. • Clinical signs in adults are caused by secondary bacterial infections and are similar to those in MRM. Common primary or secondary pathogens causing respiratory signs in mice are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Corynebacterium kutscheri, Pasteurella pneumontropica, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. • Mouse poliomyelitis/encephalomyelitis, also known as Theiler disease, causes clinical signs in 1 in 10,000 infected mice. • In contrast to mice, Sendai virus rarely causes clinical signs in rats. • Pneumonia in guinea pigs usually is caused by infection with S. • Diagnosis of scurvy is based on clinical signs, the exclusion of other causes of diarrhea, and response to vitamin C therapy (see Table 177 -10).	./cache/cord-026009-rdhuc2n2.txt	./txt/cord-026009-rdhuc2n2.txt