RodentPro- Zoonotic disease warning

They are not mentioned by name but worth a read for the skeptical:

http://www.farmworldonline.com/news/...p?newsid=14991

There are many of us here who work at places (zoos, etc...) who were contacted by CDC and local health departments about this. I cannot post those work emails or info unfortunately but I can confirm that the LCMV issue at Rodent Pro is real though probably not a threat to any healthy people or reptiles.

Originally Posted by Utta

Lucille, that'd be anonymous 3rd party quoting.

You just need to identify the friend.

oh wow - story states that out of 52 workers 13 of the facility’s employees were positive for LCM, nine reported that there were ill and six sought medical care.

She sampled a total of 1,820 mice and rats - 399 rats tested all of which were negative and 1,491 mice, 296 of which tested positive. There was an infection rate in the mice of 21 percent, determined Lovejoy.
She quickly wrote a quarantine for each building, putting a halt on sales, production and packaging.

Originally Posted by nomoremorphs

There are many of us here who work at places (zoos, etc...) who were contacted by CDC and local health departments about this. I cannot post those work emails or info

Now THAT's anonymous.....

I doubt most people can post private work emails so call it annonymous if you like.

Originally Posted by nomoremorphs

I doubt most people can post private work emails so call it annonymous if you like.

Anonymous third party quotations are not allowed here on the BOI. It's the very first Sticky thread in this forum.

I work at a zoo, and we were contacted about the issue with rodent pro. Is that still anonymous?

I don't know how to edit posts or i would remove my "Anonymous third party quotations".


I can't post private work emails so hope the above satisfies the forum police.

They are not responding for legal reasons. Depending on the management's knowledge of the situation and how they handled it along with the resulting injuries not only could they be liable civilly, they could be be criminally liable. This has been rumored for a few weeks, I'm sure they have sought legal counsel and have been advised to say nothing.

We use Mice Direct and FeederSource.com (associated with Mice Direct). A few years ago I got an email from Mice Direct stating some shipments had gone out with something like salmonela (I don't remember) and they replaced all of those shipments. They also posted this information on their site. I don't think the issue was as severe as RodentPro's but RP can't claim there was no past protocal to look at in such a situation.

Thanks for posting that link, Erik. That would answer my general questions relative to any connection between the CDC and any health agency and public awareness.

Hmm well crap! I have a BIG order from RodentPro arriving TOMORROW! No mention of any of this at any time during the transaction... AWESOME!