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Could have made a big mistake...help?
So I had to euthanize one of my female feeders recently, and I'm fairly sure she had mycoplasma. She was extremely lethargic, dehydrated, didn't have any energy, light yellowish feces around is anal and reproductive areas, wouldn't eat, etc. She has been in my freezer since early this month (I think since the 1st or 2nd). I was curious as to what a rat looked like on the inside, so I dissected her (I have all the instruments and a dissection tray already, and I have dissected plenty of things before this). I took her out, thawed her, place her on the tray and dissected her. While looking at all her various organ systems, I thought of something. "Wait, is mycoplasma contagious to humans?!" I then looked at a couple more organs, and disposed of her.
Should I be worried? When she was still alive I would give her water through a syringe, and she was pretty close to my face area, but I don't have any sickly symptoms. Would the long amount of time in the freezer kill the virus (I would think so?)? I'm probably over reacting, but you can't be too safe, can you?
Basically, I'm asking if I should be worried about myself or my family (they were there watching the dissection).
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