Cervical lymphadenitis in Guinea pigs

RE: Cervical lymphadenitis in Guinea pigs

George Pate — Wed, 01 May 2019 10:37:01 GMT

Alison removed a couple of lymph nodes and sent them for culture. It has come back as a profuse growth of mycoplasma spp. Has anyone got thoughts on which antibiotics to use and at what doses?

thanks in advance

RE: Cervical lymphadenitis in Guinea pigs

Liz Barton — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 23:56:06 GMT

[quote user="alibali"]I am not sure how they would feel about culling to spare the others.[/quote] Yes, not an ideal policy for owners. My situation was different as it was a shelter situation so no owners and a large population at risk.

[quote user="alibali"]Are the affected ones likely to get a "cure" to the point the can be reintroduced or are they always carriers? [/quote] I'm not sure on this - my impression was that it's pretty hard to get rid of in an individual. Others may have more experience on this.

RE: Cervical lymphadenitis in Guinea pigs

alison silvester — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 17:33:23 GMT

I have advised isolating them for now. They really love their piggies I am not sure how they would feel about culling to spare the others. Are the affected ones likely to get a "cure" to the point the can be reintroduced or are they always carriers? The other 4 dont have palpable lumps and are well at the moment.

RE: Cervical lymphadenitis in Guinea pigs

Liz Barton — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 14:00:43 GMT

Beware cervical lymphadenitis - infectious and very nasty in GPs. Advise good hygiene and isolation of the infected G pigs. Strep zooepidemicus - they can spread it to each other through infected snot/saliva. Used to be thought oral abrasions caused infection, but seems the bacteria can colonise and cause infection in the absence of trauma. We've seen a couple housed together with a systemic version with multiple abdominal nodes affected too. PTS'd as severely affected and to reduce spread as part of a colony.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1658464