Talk:Wet-tail

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How is it stress related if it is caused by bacteria? I don't see anything specifically citing stress as a causative agent, rather I see (on searching) multiple claims of this, sans anything beyond the claim itself alone. It appears people simply "know" it is stress related. Things listed as "stressful" also have a lot of bacteria transmission vectors included, eg. handling too often, unclean cage/environment, moving from one environment to another, and so on, all of which lead to exposure to further bacteria, stressful or not. Furthermore the claim of the specific bactirium leading to PI in hamsters is misleading as there are numerous agents that may cause hamster PI. http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=GB9409329, http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/7162131, and so on, well over 10 known agents from my cursory look at journal articles. It may do the wiki some good to examine the article and rewrite it properly, rather than to use what appears to be a near cut and paste from some pet-care guide to hamsters. Furthermore, wet-tail, or PI, is also seen in pigs/swine (porcine proliferative ileitis) with many of the same bacteria involved (which may ought be noted in the article, as it is not a disease only of hamsters). - 75.76.55.126 (talk) 13:56, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]