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**Guttural pouch empyema
 
**Guttural pouch empyema
 
**100% morbidity; 5% mortality
 
**100% morbidity; 5% mortality
**Death can occur from pneumonia, breathing difficulties from swollen lymph nodes or purpura haemorrhagica (an immune-mediated disease)
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**Death can occur from pneumonia, breathing difficulties from swollen lymph nodes or [[Muscles Degenerative - Pathology#Ischaemia|purpura haemorrhagica]](an immune-mediated disease)
 
**Bastard strangle may occasionally occur, with abscessaation in many organs of the body
 
**Bastard strangle may occasionally occur, with abscessaation in many organs of the body
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**Avoid overcrowding and mixing different age groups
 
**Avoid overcrowding and mixing different age groups
 
**Disinfection of equipment
 
**Disinfection of equipment
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===''Streptococcus suis''===
 
===''Streptococcus suis''===
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*Meningitis, arthritis, septicaemia and [[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#Streptococcal pneumonia|pneumonia]] of pigs
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*Sporadic cases of endocarditis, neonatal deaths and abortion
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*Carried in tonsils of carrier pigs
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*Outbreaks occur in intensively-reared herds with poor hygiene
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*Carrier sows infect litters causing neonatal deaths
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*Meningitis with fever, tremors, incoordination, opisthotonos and convulsions
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*Treatment with penicillin; prophylactic long-acting penicillin for sows and piglets
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===Bovine streptococcal mastitis===
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*''S. agalactiae, S. dysgalactiae'' and ''S. uberis'' primarily cause mastitis
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===Diagnosis===
      
*Swabs of pus or exudate cultured on blood agar and MacConkey agar
 
*Swabs of pus or exudate cultured on blood agar and MacConkey agar
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*PCR, Lancefield grouping and biochemical tests
 
*PCR, Lancefield grouping and biochemical tests
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===Treatment===
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===Control===
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* Can cause vascular fragility, leading to [[General Pathology - Haemostasis#Haemorrhagic Disease Due To Vascular Fragility|haemorrhagic disease]].
 
* Can cause vascular fragility, leading to [[General Pathology - Haemostasis#Haemorrhagic Disease Due To Vascular Fragility|haemorrhagic disease]].
 
*Secondary invadors after [[Respiratory Viral Infections - Pathology#Equine influenza|Equine influenza]]
 
*Secondary invadors after [[Respiratory Viral Infections - Pathology#Equine influenza|Equine influenza]]
*''S. suis'' in [[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#Streptococcal pneumonia|pneumonia]] of pigs
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*In [[Pleural Cavity & Membranes Inflammatory - Pathology#Pyothorax (Thoracic empyema)|pyothorax]]
 
*In [[Pleural Cavity & Membranes Inflammatory - Pathology#Pyothorax (Thoracic empyema)|pyothorax]]
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*In infectious [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Sheep|arthritis of sheep]], [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Cattle|arthritis in calves]], [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Horses|arthritis in horses]] and [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Pigs|arthritis in pigs]]
 
*In infectious [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Sheep|arthritis of sheep]], [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Cattle|arthritis in calves]], [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Horses|arthritis in horses]] and [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Pigs|arthritis in pigs]]
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*In horses sometimes [[Muscles Degenerative - Pathology#Ischaemia|purpura haemorrhagica]] follows, especially during recovery from [[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#Strangles|strangles]]
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*In [[Cavity & Gingiva - Pathology#Catarrhal Stomatitis|catarrhal stomatitis]]
 
*In [[Cavity & Gingiva - Pathology#Catarrhal Stomatitis|catarrhal stomatitis]]
    
*In [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Deep pyoderma|deep pyoderma]] and subcutaneous abscesses
 
*In [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Deep pyoderma|deep pyoderma]] and subcutaneous abscesses
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