[catnipman]

colorado is second only to NM in cumulative reported hantavirus infections ... that’s one of the illnesses that scares the heck out of me and my barn is full of mouse droppings ...

[CedarDave]

First, spray the droppings area with a 10% bleach solution, then get an outdoor cat.

Deer mice are though to be the primary carriers but a recent study at UNM in ABQ "found that more than 30 species of rodent and other small mammals endemic to the Southwest actually carry the virus, including ground squirrels, chipmunks, gophers, rats and even house mice" (UNM Researchers Find Live Hantavirus is Carried in More Than 30 New Mexico Small Mammal Species ).

So if that's the case why don't more people come down with the disease here? That question, according to the study, remains unanswered.

[CedarDave]

First, spray the droppings area with a 10% bleach solution, then get an outdoor cat.

Deer mice are though to be the primary carriers but a recent study at UNM in ABQ "found that more than 30 species of rodent and other small mammals endemic to the Southwest actually carry the virus, including ground squirrels, chipmunks, gophers, rats and even house mice" (UNM Researchers Find Live Hantavirus is Carried in More Than 30 New Mexico Small Mammal Species ).

So if that's the case why don't more people come down with the disease here? That question, according to the study, remains unanswered.