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Guinea Pigs (Laboratory) - Pathology (view source)
Revision as of 21:30, 6 November 2010
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Adenoviridae do not require co-infection with bacteria in order to become pathogenic within the respiratory system. The infection may have no clinical symptoms but in susceptible animals such as those that are stressed or immune-deficient it can be fatal.<br />
Adenoviridae do not require co-infection with bacteria in order to become pathogenic within the respiratory system. The infection may have no clinical symptoms but in susceptible animals such as those that are stressed or immune-deficient it can be fatal.<br />
==Digestive System==
==Digestive System==
===Cytomegalovirus (Salivary Gland Virus)===
CMV often causes subclinical infections and associated immunosupression. CMV is transmitted via the placenta. <br />
Microscopic pathology will include the appearence of eosinophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies which are often accompanied by basophilic cytoplasmic inclusions in the ductal epithelial cells of the salivary glands. In some cases there is also a a lymphoid cell infiltrate.
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===Infectious Causes of Diarrhoea===
===Infectious Causes of Diarrhoea===
'''Salmonella'''
'''Salmonella'''