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'''Ileitis'''
'''Ileitis'''
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Causative agents include ''Campylobacter coli'', ''Campylobacter fetus'' and chlamydial organisms transmitted via fecal-oral or fomite contamination. Clinical signs include lethargy, anorexia, diarrhoea, dehydration and death. Moist faeces often stains the base of the tail. Ileitis primarily occurs in hamsters of between 3 to 10 weeks.
Causative agents include ''Campylobacter coli'', [[Campylobacter_fetus_subspecies_fetus|''Campylobacter fetus'']] and chlamydial organisms transmitted via fecal-oral or fomite contamination. Clinical signs include lethargy, anorexia, diarrhoea, dehydration and death. Moist faeces often stains the base of the tail. Ileitis primarily occurs in hamsters of between 3 to 10 weeks.
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Macroscopic pathology will include yellow to dark red fluid within the small intestine and mesenteric lymph node hyperplasia. There may also be focal coagulative necrosis in the liver.
Macroscopic pathology will include yellow to dark red fluid within the small intestine and mesenteric lymph node hyperplasia. There may also be focal coagulative necrosis in the liver.