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==Other==
==Other==
===Micropthalmia===
===Tyzzer's Disease===
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This is caused by ''clostridium piliforme''. Infected hamsters exhibit a hunched posture and rough hair coats with or without diarrhoea.
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Macroscopic pathology is widespread and includes enterocolitis with oedema, lymphadenitis and multifocal liver necrosis.
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===Cholangiofibrosis===
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Also called cholangiohepatitis,the cause of this pathology is thought to be from a Helicobacter species called ''H. cholecysticus''. Affected hamsters display no clinical signs.
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Macroscopic pathology includes bile duct hyperplasia, pericholangial fibrosis and centrilobular pancreatitis.
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