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* Chronic gastritis is usually proliferative rather any other type of gastric inflammation.
* Usually a parasitic cause.
* Occurs mostly in the pig and in cattle.
* '''Pig'''
** Redworms (''Hyostrongylus'')
** Seen mostly in sows, and are present in up to 30% of pig herds.
** Small numbers produce little pathology, but large numbers cause thin sow syndrome.
*** Animals eat well but slowly lose condition.
* '''Cattle'''
** [[Stomach and Abomasum Parasites - Pathology#Ostertagiasis|Ostertagiasis]] produces a condition similar to thin sow syndrome.[[Category:Stomach_and_Abomasum_-_Inflammatory_Pathology]][[Category:Pig]][[Category:Cattle]]