What exotic diseases can affect my pet? How to prevent them?

I would check with MPI for these legal requirements. There are certain animals that cannot be imported into the country due to biosecurity, and depending on which bird or reptile you want to keep, there will be different legal requirements.

Mice are not native to New Zealand and are considered an invasive species. Here are a couple articles that may be helpful to answer your questions: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/animal-pests/ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/22/595978299/new-zealand-eradicates-invasive-mice-from-antipodes-islands I hope this helps and please feel free to post any additional questions.

I would call local vet clinics in your area to see if they have someone who can give your animals their vaccines. I live in New Zealand, and here large animal vets work with deer as well as cows and sheep, so there may be a large animal vet in your area who can give your deer their vaccines. I'm not sure if there is a zoo near you, as a zoo veterinarian may be able to help you with them. Try giving a local zoo a call. Finally, see if there is a vet school in your area. Vet schools typically have exotic vets on staff as teachers, and they may be able to help find you a vet to give your animals their vaccines. Good luck, I hope this helps!

[Rabies](https://www.petcoach.co/dog/condition/rabies/) in rats and other small rodents is extremely rare. I would be more concerned with the possibility that the rat had been poisoned elsewhere and its weakness was why your dog was able to catch and kill it. Leptospirosis, an infectious disease that affects the liver and/or kidneys, is also a high risk from contact with rats. Other possible diseases your dog could contract from contact with rats are: • Rat Bite Fever (*Streptobacillus moniliformis* form). Dogs can be infected by the bacteria by biting or eating infected rats. Dogs do not themselves get sick, but serve as carriers for the infection, passing it along to humans. • [Tularemia](https://www.petcoach.co/article/tularemia-rabbit-fever-in-dogs) is caused by the *Francisella tularensis* bacterium. Rabbits, hares and rodents, including rats, are particularly susceptible to the organism, and often die in large numbers during an outbreak. If a dog eats a rat (or other animal) infected by this organism or drinks water contaminated by infected rodent waste, the dog can become ill as well as passing the disease on to humans. Symptoms in dogs include refusal to eat, fever, cough, vomiting, and diarrhea. If not caught and treated, it can lead to death. In humans the symptoms are specific to the mode of infection (deer fly, ticks, contaminated water, handling dead infected animals, etc.) but can include: chills, eye irritation, fever, headache, joint stiffness, muscle pain, ulcers on skin, shortness of breath, sweating and weight loss. • [Bubonic plague](https://www.petcoach.co/dog/condition/plague): dogs can become carriers of the *Yersinia pestis* bacterium if they are bitten by the flea of an infected rat. Dogs do not tend to be sickened by bubonic plague but can pass the disease on to human caretakers. • [Salmonellosis](https://www.petcoach.co/article/small-pet-rodents-can-pose-a-salmonella-risk-to-humans) can be transmitted to a dog that encounters the fecal material of rats, other rodents and especially reptiles. Symptoms in canines include: fever, diarrhea, dehydration and shock. Death can occur if untreated, and the dog can spread the infection to human through its feces.

Unfortunately quite recent publications (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3372948/) suggested that this disease is spreading to Bosnia and Croatia as well, so treatment of prevention should be given.

Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to address your concern. Normally, when a clinic is faced with an infectious disease case, there are multiple precautions that are taken. First off, the examination room where the infectious dog was initially examined is shut down for appointments for the rest of the day until the decontamination process is completed. Staff members wear gowns, gloves and a mask to be on the safe side.There is also a isolation area in out treatment location so that healthy pets do not come into contact with the infected case. There are several cleaners that are used but we use accelerated hydrogen peroxide and Rescue cleaner. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.

Hello and welcome to Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach: Very Severe: parvovirus, distemper, leptospirosis, poisoning, respiratory tract infection, tumor on urinary tract The other listed conditions can be either mild or very severe depending on how bad they are. A very back tick infestation can be fatal, especially if there are paralysis ticks, but 1 tick can just be removed. UTIs can lead to sepsis, or can clear on their own. Kennel cough can clear on it's own or lead to fatal pneumonia. I hope that answers your question. Best of luck!