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Table 8-13

Common Differential Diagnoses Based on Physical Examination

Findings. 2,10,13,14,16,21,22,27,30,46,59

• Ataxia: brain neoplasia, herpes simplex infection, intervertebral disk disease, wobbly

hedgehog syndrome

• Cutaneous/subcutaneous masses: cutaneous hemangiosarcoma, mammary neoplasia,

mast cell tumor, thyroid tumor

• Dermatitis/quill loss: bacterial pyoderma, fungal dermatophytosis, mange (Caparinia,

Chorioptes, Notoedres)

• Dyspnea: cardiomyopathy, mitral valve disease, bacterial pneumonia, pulmonary

metastases

• Gastroenteritis: bacterial (Salmonella), lymphosarcoma, parasitic

• Hematuria: bacterial cystitis, endometrial polyps, endometrial sarcoma, uterine spindle

cell tumor

• Oral cavity masses: odontogenic fibroma, spindle cell carcinoma, squamous cell

carcinoma

Table 8-14

Confirmed Zoonotic Diseases Carried by Hedgehogs. 48,50,58

• Bacterial: Salmonella spp., Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Mycobacterium marinum

• Viral: Herpesvirus, including human herpes simplex

• Mycotic: Trychophyton metagrophytes var. erinacei, Microsporum spp.

Table 8-15

Common Vocalizations in Hedgehogs. 13

Snorting/huffing;

hissing/grunting

Screaming

Twittering/whistling

Clucking

Snuffling

Inaudible sounds

Aggressive or warning sounds produced by sharp vibrating

exhalations through the nostrils; generally made when the animal

is disturbed, when it encounters another animal, or when it is in

the process of rolling up

Severe distress call given when the animal is in distress or pain

High-pitched sounds of neonates; whistling stimulates contact by the

dam

High-pitched contact call of the dam to neonates; also made by

courting males

Made as hedgehogs search for food

Hedgehogs can make and hear sounds in the 40- to 90-kHz range,

above the range of human hearing

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