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Chinchillas are increasingly popular as companion animals. Individual pets are typically seen for conditions related to age, trauma, or improper care, while infectious diseases are more often reported in colony animals raised for fur production. Viruses are uncommon, most bacterial infections are opportunistic, and tumor reports in chinchillas are very rare despite their 20-yr lifespan.

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