Infectious Agent Information Understanding the infectious agents that can contaminate your facility allows you to develop a plan to manage or prevent an outbreak. Charles River created these technical sheets for viruses, bacteria/fungi and parasites prevalent today and historically. To discuss how an agent may affect your facility and your research, complete the online form to speak with a member of our professional staff. Related publication: Contemporary prevalence of infectious agents in laboratory mice and rats Viruses Bacteria / Parasites Ectromelia Virus (Mousepox) Guinea Pig Adenovirus (GpAV, GAV) Guinea Pig Cytomegalovirus (GpCMV) Hantaviruses (Hantaan, Prospect hill, Puumala, Dobrava, Seoul, Sin Nombre, etc.) Lactate Dehydrogenase Elevating Virus (LDV, LDHV) Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV) Mouse Adenovirus (MAdV-1, MAdV-2, MAV) Mouse Cytomegalovirus (MCMV) Mouse Hepatitis Virus (MHV) Mouse Parvoviruses (MPV-1, MPV-2, MPV-3, MVM) Mouse Rotavirus (Epizootic Diarrhea of Infant Mice; EDIM) Mouse Thymic Virus (MTV, MTLV) Murine Norovirus (MNV) Pneumonia Virus of Mice (PVM) Polyoma Viruses (Polyoma Virus, K Virus [Murine Pneumotropic Virus]) Rabbit Caliciviruses (Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus [RHDV], European Brown Hare Virus, Rabbit Calicivirus) Rat Parvoviruses (RPV-1, RPV-2, RMV, RV [KRV], H-1) Rat Rotavirus (Infectious Diarrhea Of Infant Rats; IDIR) Reovirus (REO-3) Sendai Virus (PI-1, SV) Sialodacryoadenitis Virus (RCV, SDAV) Simian Virus 5 (SV5, PI2, canine parainfluenza virus) Theiloviruses (MEV [TMEV], RTV [GDVII]) Bacteria Beta-Haemolytic Streptococci (BHS) Bordetella bronchiseptica Cilia-Associated Respiratory Bacillus (CAR Bacillus; CARB) Citrobacter rodentium (Citrobacter freundii biotype 4280) Clostridium piliforme (Tyzzer's disease, CPIL) Corynebacterium bovis Corynebacterium kutscheri (Pseudotuberculosis) Encephalitozoon cuniculi (ECUN, E. cuniculi) Helicobacter species Klebsiella species (K. oxytoca, K. pneumoniae) Mycoplasma pulmonis Pasteurella multocida Pasteurella pneumotropica Pneumocystis (P. murina, P. carinii, P. wakefieldae, P. oryctolagi) Proteus mirabilis Pseudomonas aeruginosa Salmonella (S. enterica, various subspecies and serotypes) Staphylococcus aureus Streptobacillus moniliformis (Haverhill fever, rat bite fever) Streptococcus pneumoniae Treponema paraluiscuniculi (Treponema cuniculi, rabbit syphilis) Parasites Intestinal Protozoa in Rodents Mites: Fur Mites, Skin Mites, and Ear Mites (Acariasis) Pinworms (Syphacia obvelata, S. muris, Aspiculuris tetraptera, etc.) Pseudoparasites Rabbit coccidiosis (Intestinal and hepatic) You may also be interested in... Animal Health Surveillance Learn about testing services to identify potential health threats within your laboratory animal colonies. Cell Line Testing for Infectious Agents Confirm that cell lines and other research biologics are free of infectious agents.
Ectromelia Virus (Mousepox) Guinea Pig Adenovirus (GpAV, GAV) Guinea Pig Cytomegalovirus (GpCMV) Hantaviruses (Hantaan, Prospect hill, Puumala, Dobrava, Seoul, Sin Nombre, etc.) Lactate Dehydrogenase Elevating Virus (LDV, LDHV) Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV) Mouse Adenovirus (MAdV-1, MAdV-2, MAV) Mouse Cytomegalovirus (MCMV) Mouse Hepatitis Virus (MHV) Mouse Parvoviruses (MPV-1, MPV-2, MPV-3, MVM) Mouse Rotavirus (Epizootic Diarrhea of Infant Mice; EDIM) Mouse Thymic Virus (MTV, MTLV) Murine Norovirus (MNV) Pneumonia Virus of Mice (PVM) Polyoma Viruses (Polyoma Virus, K Virus [Murine Pneumotropic Virus]) Rabbit Caliciviruses (Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus [RHDV], European Brown Hare Virus, Rabbit Calicivirus) Rat Parvoviruses (RPV-1, RPV-2, RMV, RV [KRV], H-1) Rat Rotavirus (Infectious Diarrhea Of Infant Rats; IDIR) Reovirus (REO-3) Sendai Virus (PI-1, SV) Sialodacryoadenitis Virus (RCV, SDAV) Simian Virus 5 (SV5, PI2, canine parainfluenza virus) Theiloviruses (MEV [TMEV], RTV [GDVII])
Bacteria Beta-Haemolytic Streptococci (BHS) Bordetella bronchiseptica Cilia-Associated Respiratory Bacillus (CAR Bacillus; CARB) Citrobacter rodentium (Citrobacter freundii biotype 4280) Clostridium piliforme (Tyzzer's disease, CPIL) Corynebacterium bovis Corynebacterium kutscheri (Pseudotuberculosis) Encephalitozoon cuniculi (ECUN, E. cuniculi) Helicobacter species Klebsiella species (K. oxytoca, K. pneumoniae) Mycoplasma pulmonis Pasteurella multocida Pasteurella pneumotropica Pneumocystis (P. murina, P. carinii, P. wakefieldae, P. oryctolagi) Proteus mirabilis Pseudomonas aeruginosa Salmonella (S. enterica, various subspecies and serotypes) Staphylococcus aureus Streptobacillus moniliformis (Haverhill fever, rat bite fever) Streptococcus pneumoniae Treponema paraluiscuniculi (Treponema cuniculi, rabbit syphilis) Parasites Intestinal Protozoa in Rodents Mites: Fur Mites, Skin Mites, and Ear Mites (Acariasis) Pinworms (Syphacia obvelata, S. muris, Aspiculuris tetraptera, etc.) Pseudoparasites Rabbit coccidiosis (Intestinal and hepatic)
Animal Health Surveillance Learn about testing services to identify potential health threats within your laboratory animal colonies.
Cell Line Testing for Infectious Agents Confirm that cell lines and other research biologics are free of infectious agents.