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Hamsters (Laboratory) - Pathology (view source)
Revision as of 21:55, 6 January 2011
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==Other==
==Other==
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===Tularemia===
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Although this is rarely reported in hamsters, ''Francisella tularensis'' causes acute septicemia and has a high morbidity and mortality rates. Death occurs with 48hrs of onset.
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Macroscopic pathology includes haemorrhagic lungs, enlarged and necrotic liver and spleen, prominent Peyer's patches and enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes.
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This is a zoonotic pathogen.
===Yersiniosis (Pseudotuberculosis)===
===Yersiniosis (Pseudotuberculosis)===
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