Quarantine discussion (Split from QT announcement)
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Quarantine discussion (Split from QT announcement)
You aren't even supposed to HAVE any new litters...not just not bring youngsters under 4 weeks...
Stina- Hopper
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Re: Quarantine discussion (Split from QT announcement)
Eek, I have one mouse who should have popped 3 days ago..... :/
GypsyTails- Hopper
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Why would having new litters born into the same environment that the parents existed in during QT be forbidden? That's got to be a mistake. I don't have any due now but if I did I guess I'd have to move them to a friends house...too weird.
bethmccallister- Hopper
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Re: Quarantine discussion (Split from QT announcement)
It's not a mistake. It's always been their policy...people just ignore that one.
There is a legitimate reason for it...it has something to do with things being passed to offspring through milk...but I forget the whole thing.
There is a legitimate reason for it...it has something to do with things being passed to offspring through milk...but I forget the whole thing.
Stina- Hopper
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I think it's outdated. Nobody follows that rule, honestly.
Rhasputin- Adult
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Re: Quarantine discussion (Split from QT announcement)
Nobody following it doesn't make it outdated or not a good idea.
There are diseased that can be perpetuated by breeding regularly...and that can be erradicated by not breeding for a couple months. There's a specific disease I'm thinking of...but I can't remember what it is...
There are diseased that can be perpetuated by breeding regularly...and that can be erradicated by not breeding for a couple months. There's a specific disease I'm thinking of...but I can't remember what it is...
Stina- Hopper
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Well maybe there is, but how does that affect the QT of mice? Neither the mother, nor the babies can be taken to RF, so what does it matter?
Rhasputin- Adult
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Re: Quarantine discussion (Split from QT announcement)
if new youngsters pick up the infection from their mother's milk and it becomes active in them (even before presenting symptoms) it could be innadvertently passed back to the rest of the colony
Stina- Hopper
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Quarantine discussion
You'd have to let me know what you're talking about before I believe that.
To imagine that a mother, would pass something to her litter (specifically, and not directly to other mice), then they'd pass that same thing on to other mice in the mousery, seems very unlikely to me.
But if it's true, it's true!
But for now, I don't buy into that.
To imagine that a mother, would pass something to her litter (specifically, and not directly to other mice), then they'd pass that same thing on to other mice in the mousery, seems very unlikely to me.
But if it's true, it's true!
But for now, I don't buy into that.
Rhasputin- Adult
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You can have latent infections in adult animals (it happens in other species too....) that are not active and take a while to die off....but that can be passed to offspring in milk...babies have MUCH weaker immune systems than adults and these infections can become active again in them...and once they are active the germs can become stronger and cause new active infections in adults if they are introduced to it (either through the air, items being moved, or touching things/animals between cages).
I really wish I could remember the mouse disease I'm thinking of...but I don't even know how to search for it...lol
Regardless of what you believe may or may not be true...if one is having litters within the 4 weeks prior to RF, they are breaking the quarantine set by the organizers.
I really wish I could remember the mouse disease I'm thinking of...but I don't even know how to search for it...lol
Regardless of what you believe may or may not be true...if one is having litters within the 4 weeks prior to RF, they are breaking the quarantine set by the organizers.
Stina- Hopper
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Re: Quarantine discussion (Split from QT announcement)
I've emailed the organizers asking for specification.
Rhasputin- Adult
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I asked on the facebook page too...lol
Stina- Hopper
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Rhasputin- Adult
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Pastuerellosis can lie dormant in a does, passed to her offspring through the birthing process, become "active" in them and then be spread via mucous or whatever to other parts of a colony just by not washing your hands.....
GypsyTails- Hopper
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Rhasputin- Adult
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Re: Quarantine discussion (Split from QT announcement)
I think I spelled that right. Can't Myco act similarly?
GypsyTails- Hopper
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Re: Quarantine discussion (Split from QT announcement)
I don't think pastuerellosis is what I was thinking of...but I have no doubt that there are multiple things that can act in that way.
Stina- Hopper
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