Chinchilla respiratory disease — pneumonia and bacterial infection
Verbatim first-hand facts from Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference). All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified.
Respiratory disease
- Dust bathing too often causes irritation of the eyes, resulting in conjunctivitis without associated clinical signs of upper respiratory infection.
- Initially, the infection is usually localized to one organ and can be associated with conjunctivitis, enteritis, pneumonia, otitis media and interna, metritis, and abortion .
- Systemic spread of yersiniosis results in granulomatous lesions in the lungs, spleen, and liver, followed by death.