Respiratory
Murine Respiratory Mycoplasmosis
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22/06/2009 - 21:11
The Science
Mycoplasma is the organism that almost all rats in the general pet population carry, in the upper respiratory tract.
Stress or other illnesses can weaken your rat's immune system and cause your rat to break with an active mycoplasmal infection. Over-crowding, bad ventilation, dirty cages and unsafe bedding (especially cedar and pine), which can cause build-ups of ammonia with the...
Treating Respiratory Infections In Rats
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22/06/2009 - 22:50
by: Catherine Smith
Unfortunately our ratty friends are rather prone to respiratory diseases and Mycoplasma Pulmonis (MP) is the most prevalent one.
Symptoms of MP
Laboured breathing, chattering, weight loss, sneezing, sniffling, squinting, rough hair, Porphyrin staining (red staining) around nose and eyes.
In more severe cases your rat may have pneumonia, infertility, miscarriage and death...