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**Lesions in the tongue, cheek, lips and sometimes in the lower gut and lungs from aspiration

**Lesions in the tongue, cheek, lips and sometimes in the lower gut and lungs from aspiration

**Often spreads from the site of infection to lymphatics, and may cause pyogranulomatous lymphadenitis

**Often spreads from the site of infection to lymphatics, and may cause pyogranulomatous lymphadenitis

**[[Muscles - inflammatory#Wooden tongue|Myositis]] and formation of fibrous tissue in the lesions lead to hardening of the tissue, hence the condition is known as 'wooden tongue' in cattle

**[[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Wooden tongue|Myositis]] and formation of fibrous tissue in the lesions lead to hardening of the tissue, hence the condition is known as 'wooden tongue' in cattle

**In sheep abscesses with thick walls are produced

**In sheep abscesses with thick walls are produced

**Feeding is impaired, causing loss of condition

**Feeding is impaired, causing loss of condition