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==Digestive System==

==Digestive System==

===Parvoviral Infection===

===Parvoviral Infection===

This is an epizootic infection with a high mortality resulting in malformed and missing incisors and is mainly observed among suckling and weaning pups in Syrian hamsters.

This is an epizootic infection with a high mortality resulting in malformed and missing incisors and is mainly observed among suckling and weaning pups in Syrian hamsters.

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===Enteritis===

===Enteritis===

Also called 'wet tail'. Enteritis occurs most frequently in 2-3 week old hamsters and results primarily from colonisation of pathogenic bacteria but may signal one of several GI diseases. Enteritis is one of the most common and serious diseases found in laboratory hamsters and has between 20-60% morbidity and up to 90% mortality.  

Also called 'wet tail'. Enteritis occurs most frequently in 2-3 week old hamsters and results primarily from colonisation of pathogenic bacteria but may signal one of several GI diseases. Enteritis is one of the most common and serious diseases found in laboratory hamsters and has between 20-60% morbidity and up to 90% mortality.  

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===Infectious Causes of Enteritis===

===Infectious Causes of Enteritis===

'''Clostridial Enteritis'''

'''Clostridial Enteritis'''

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Macroscopic pathology will show thickened and inflamed intestines.

Macroscopic pathology will show thickened and inflamed intestines.

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==Musculoskeletal System==

==Musculoskeletal System==

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