In addition to barrier gowns and gloves, protective masks, and eye protection may be necessary in the case of some of the primate diseases. I. Gastrointestinal Diseases 1. Ferrets with GI disease should be housed in Small Animal Isolation and the primary care giver will be restricted from other ferrets in the hospital at all times. See Appendix C - Small Animal Isolation Procedures and isolation procedures for CCU, page 36. If patients need care in CCU, they should be contained within isolation cages moved on a cart to CCU per approval by the CCU clinician .
Nonhuman primates can be a source of exposure to several zoonotic pathogens.
In addition, primates are extremely susceptible to common human pathogens. Special precautions must therefore be enforced when treating, caring for, or examining nonhuman primates or biological specimens from these animals. B. Primates used for research will not be admitted or examined in the VTH unless approved by the Hospital Director or the Director of Biosecurity. Similarly, biological specimens obtained from humans or nonhuman primates used for research will not be accepted in the diagnostic laboratories unless they are formalin fixed. C. Information and circumstances related to the health history and veterinary needs of nonhuman primates will be unique to each patient.